The backlash with the octopus is so stupid. As long as it foretells good things, keep it coming; it says your team loses, the whole country's in an uproar.
Note that this happened countless times in history; when prophets and priestesses predict good things, they are worshipped. When disaster falls, they kill them. Human race hasn't changed much, hasn't it?
If they really want to prove the octopus wrong, they just gotta win it, no? This world cup final match can go either way, though i'm mostly rooting for the Netherlands, since my team lost ages ago. David Villa looks like the Robot Devil from Futurama.