The official Twitter account of Qatar World Cup left legendary Brazil participant Cafu red-faced by attributing a stunning event prediction to him.
Late on Sunday, ‘Street to 2022’, the official Twitter account of the occasion, tweeted a pair of pictures claiming to be the previous World Cup winner’s group and knockout predictions for the World Cup beginning November 20.
Not solely was Cafu’s prediction favouring an Argentina triumph, it had Brazil seeing a round-of-16 exit, which if occurs would be the Selecao’s worst efficiency since 1990.
Inside 20 minutes of tweeting, the unusual verdict raised a number of eyebrows. Quickly, it was deleted. However it had remained longer sufficient on-line to be screenshotted and debated.
A screenshot of the preliminary prediction by Cafu tweeted by the Qatar World Cup’s official deal with exhibiting an Argentina win.
Recent prediction appearsWithin minutes, the official deal with got here up with a recent prediction attributed to Cafu. This time, the prediction was roughly anticipated of Brazil’s most capped worldwide: A Brazil win.
Cafu has mentioned Brazil will beat France within the last. He additionally expects the dream Brazil-Argentina showdown to happen, within the semifinals.
However even the revised prediction shouldn’t be devoid of a bit mischief as Cafu expects one of many favourites, England to go house early; to be knocked out by hosts Qatar within the round-of-16.
Thought to be one of many best full-backs of his technology, Cafu featured in 4 world cups, between 1994 and 2006. He lifted the World Cup in 2002.