The same people who accurately predicted Spain to be last year's winners have reportedly revealed that this year Germany would win the World Cup this summer.
Electronic Arts (EA), who are behind the official 2014 FIFA World Cup video game, have reportedly tipped Germany to beat Brazil in the final on July 13, with just a few days left before the action gets underway in the South American country.
According to the Daily Star, using the EA Sports football engine EA has predicted the outcome of every single game at this summer's tournament, revealing that England will crash out at the quarterfinal stage to defending champions Spain.
Four years ago EA had accurately predicted that Spain would lift their first World Cup trophy and now they have backed Germany to win football's most prestigious tournament, the report added.
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