One Brazilian fan expresses his dismay.
Who could have predicted that Germany would thrash Brazil 7-1 in the World Cup semi-final? Well, one man from London did.
Germany’s Andre Schuerrle celebrates scoring a goal during his team’s 7-1 rout of Brazil.
John Moore, an unemployed chef, won £2,500 after betting £5 on Germany to beat Brazil 7-1 in the World Cup.
Mr Moore, 28, of Woodford, east London, claims he had a “premonition” the day before Tuesday’s match and had “the numbers one and seven in my head”, before deciding to place the bet.
He said: “I had this premonition the day before and had the number one and seven in my head. There was a lot of signs, I remember looking at the clock and the time being 17:17.
“[Also], we live in a block of flats and someone had put a note through the door saying we had a package to collect from the front desk – but they had put number 71 on the slip, not our flat number.
Brazilian footballer David Luiz in tears at the final whistle.
“I like putting bets on big scores and this whole tournament I have been trying for 4-2s and 3-2s but I never thought the one I’d get would be Germany 7 – Brazil 1.
“But when I saw the odds of 500-1 I thought “why not?”. I knew Brazil didn’t have Diego Costa and Neymar was out – I thought it was worth a punt.”
This Brazilian fan was inconsolable.
Elsewhere, a Brazilian woman Anna Guerra, 44, won her office sweepstake after successfully predicting the score.
The artist came up with the idea of betting on that scoreline, after her sleep-walking husband told to her to and said the score would be 7-1. She won 200 Brazilian real (£55) from her colleagues for her 10 real bet.
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