Woman bet on Germany 7-1 Brazil ‘after sleepwalking husband told her scoreline days before’

Jul 9, 2014 - 04:18
Jul 9, 2014 - 04:24
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Woman bet on Germany 7-1 Brazil ‘after sleepwalking husband told her scoreline days before’
One Brazil fan might not mind the team being thrashed by Germany (Picture: Action Images)

A Brazilian woman won her office sweepstake after successfully predicting that Germany would thrash Brazil 7-1 in their World Cup semi-final.

And, as if it's not incredible enough that she managed to transform her workmates' mocking so spectacularly, the woman only came up with the idea of betting on that scoreline because her sleep-walking husband told her to.

The story was revealed by respected Brazilian news outlet Lance, who published confirmation of the betting slip along with the bizarre conversation that took place prior to the bet.

Anna Guerra, a 44-year-old artist, confronted her sleep-walking husband and asked him who would win out of Germany and Brazil.

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The betting slip proved the epic bet was true (Picture: Instagram)

‘He said Germany,' said Mrs Guerra. ‘I asked him what the score would be and he said '7-1'.'

The woman scooped around 200 Brazilian real from her colleagues for her 10 real bet – although that's only the equivalent of £55. If only she'd headed to the bookies…

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