Qatar s giant pandas successfully "predicted" Japan s victory over Germany, and also "predicted" Ecuador s victory in the opening game

 8:52am, 12 November 2025

On November 23, Beijing time, the Japanese team played against the German team. When the German team scored first from a penalty kick, the Japanese team scored 2 goals in the second half to go ahead. In the end, the Japanese team defeated the German team 2-1, creating the second upset of this World Cup.

According to Migu Sports, the giant panda in Luka successfully predicted Japan’s victory over Germany. The video shows the panda among the German and Japanese flags, first sniffing the Japanese flag and finally putting his hand on the Japanese flag.

It has also successfully predicted it before. According to reports from Qatari media quoted by Overseas Network, before the opening game of the World Cup, the panda predicted the outcome of the game. It placed its paw on the Ecuadorian flag and successfully "predicted" Ecuador's victory over Qatar.

It is reported that on November 17, local time, on the eve of the World Cup, the first pair of giant pandas "Jingjing" and "Sihai" from China to Qatar officially met with the local people.

According to Xinhua News Agency, the two pandas can currently only understand Sichuan dialect. The keepers of the local panda museum are working hard to learn Sichuan dialect in order to better communicate with the giant pandas.