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Paul the Psychic Octopus has spoken and Germany is set to come in third place at this year's World Cup, beating Uruguay....unless of course Paul is wrong for the first time. Germany was listed with odds of -130 at Bookmaker.com while Uruguay would pay out US$36 for every US$10 bet.
Germany was getting around 70 percent of the betting action while Uruguay was getting around 20 percent.
Germany had been among the favorites to win the 2010 FIFA World Cup while Uruguay had long odds of 100/1 and came dangerously close.
Uruguay looks to defeat the Germans for the first time while notching its best finish in 60 years. They exceeded expectations after finishing fifth in South American qualifying and needing to defeat Costa Rica in a playoff to reach South Africa.
Uruguay finished the game without its two biggest stars, with Luis Suarez missing the game due to suspension and Diego Forlan leaving in the 85th minute with a right thigh injury.
"We did what we could, we accept the defeat," coach Oscar Tabarez said. "We're sad because even though nobody gave us a chance, we were close."
Forlan has four World Cup goals, tied with Germany's Thomas Mueller and Miroslav Klose and one behind Wesley Sneijder of the Netherlands and David Villa of Spain for the tournament lead.
This one goes off on ABC at 2:30 pm EST.
Alistair Prescott, Gambling911.com
