A brainchild of Pulse Sports Uganda, Benny the Predictor can now boost of a huge correct prediction in its name, recorded on camera 24 hours before the match.
Benny: The cock that accurately predicted Croatia win over Brazil
Benny the Predictor, a Ugandan indigenous brightly coloured majestic cock accurately predicated Croatia would triumph over Brazil in the World Cup quarterfinals.
Benny
Set up on a feeding trough model, Benny is given its freedom to choose which of the two feeding troughs-both branded with crests of the opposing sides.
For the Croatia versus Brazil match, Benny choose Croatia by feeding from the trough marked with the crest of the European nation and 2018 World Cup finalists.
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On the field, Dominic Livakovic was the hero denying Brazil in normal time and saving from the spot kicks to send Croatia through in the most unlikely of results.
Facing a difficult team to break, it took Brazil up to extra-time to find a breakthrough against Croatia in the World Cup quarterfinals on Friday evening.
Playing with greater urgency to find a result in the 90 minutes, Brazil couldn’t beat Dominik Livakovic who was in fine form for Croatia, denying Richarlison, Vinicius Jr, Neymar and Lucas Paqueta in normal time before extra time.
However, Brazil finally found a breakthrough in extra time.
However, Croatia responded fast with an equalizer frustrating Brazil via the spot kicks.
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