But, just like his tip that Chelsea would win the title last season, and that Costa Rica would beat Holland on penalties "because Tim Krul is not good at saving pens" ... he got it wrong.
World Cup host nation Brazil experienced "the shame of all shames" on Tuesday night, according to its astonished press.
That is how the front page of Rio de Janeiro's prominent daily newspaper O Globo described Brazil's historic and "catastrophic" 7-1 semi-final defeat to Germany in Belo Horizonte.
"Nobody suffers a 7-1 rout, especially not in a World Cup semi-final, by pure fluke," wrote Allan Caldas in O Globo.
"It is difficult to find a single explanation for Tuesday's humiliation."
But wasn't it one of the best laughs in football history.
Yes the tears were there, fans leaving by the thousand, and haven't we (Newcastle fans) seen it often before.
Ah well, it's nice to see that even the mightiest of the mighty ... can have a bad day,