Will Brazil go ugly early? Will they attempt to foul their way into the finals over the methodical Germans? Based on the ugly way they have advanced before their adulating fans, the answer is probably yet.

Will I go out to watch the game? Stay in? Why on earth do I care? Is it that German Fussball-Bund jersey I bought when my young associate had a crush on that star a few years ago that has migrated out of the closet and onto the bed that is accusing me?

German coach Joachim Loew views the semifinal match as pitting his team against 200 million Brazilians. He darkly intimates that without incredibly lax officiating, the team with the home pitch advantage would be completely out of players, not just their star Neymar. In a pre-emptive move, he insisted that Mexican referee Marco Rodriguez clamp down on the Brazilians to ensure they do not go “beyond what is acceptable.”

Loew clearly expects things to go ugly, and I have no idea what to expect. Will America actually really care about this bizarre sport?

Too many questions. The game starts at four. Time to start gearing up.

Deutschland uber alles.

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