サッカー-Japan's oracle octopus boiled and butchered
TOKYO, July 3 (Reuters) - An octopus that 首尾よく 予報するd all of Japan's World Cup group 行う／開催する／段階 matches was boiled, butchered and sent away to be sold on June 27, によれば the fisherman who 初めは caught the psychic cephalopod.
Rabio the octopus 首尾よく chose the 勝利者s of Japan's matches during three 実験s carried out in a paddling pool on June 19, the day of Japan's first game against Colombia.
The circular paddle pool used for the 実験 was separated into three sections - one with a Japanese 旗, another an 対抗者's 旗, and a 調印する that read "draw" - each with a 攻撃するd basket strewn with 貝類と甲殻類 Rabio could swim into.
After the 実験, Japan （警官の）巡回区域，受持ち区域 Colombia, drew with Senegal, and lost to Poland - results 首尾よく 予報するd by Rabio.
にもかかわらず the mollusc 伸び（る）ing some 国家の notoriety for its prophecies, the fisherman who caught it, Kimio Abe, sent it to the market before Japan's third match against Poland. He said they had not 初めは ーするつもりであるd for their catch to become a pet and 手配中の，お尋ね者 to put it out to market while still fresh.
The Japanese team agonizingly failed to reach the ４半期/4分の1-決勝戦 of the World Cup for the first time when they lost 3-2 to Belgium thanks to a goal in the dying seconds.
Japan had led the match 2-0, but the ベルギーs became the first team to 勝利，勝つ a World Cup ノックアウト game from two goals 負かす／撃墜する since West Germany （警官の）巡回区域，受持ち区域 England 3-2 after extra time in 1970. (報告（する）／憶測ing by Megumi Lim Editing by Christian Radnedge)
