Added to that their loss to England, the Brazil team will be looking to turn their fortunes around ahead of the showpiece tournament.

So given that Brazil and Germany are the two greatest ... worldly finishing that the Germans put on display. Germany has broken TSR; long live Expected Goals.

Germany's Minister of Economic Cooperation and ... the signing of a financial contract between the German bank KfW and Brazil's National Bank for Economic and Social Development (BNDES).