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Kolkata ready for historical Germany vs Brazil clash in 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup!

Tonight, the football crazy city of Kolkata will be hosting one of the most iconic matches in world football, when the Under-17 sides of Germany and Brazil face each other in a quarterfinal tie of the ongoing 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup.

The 8pm match has caused a lot of excitement in the City of Joy, which is known to be the Mecca of Indian football.

Both Germany and Brazil know that a semifinal berth in the FIFA U-17 World Cup beckons with both set of boys ready to face a tough mental challenge.

While Germany will take courage from the 7-1 trashing of Brazil at home in the semifinals of the 2014 FIFA World Cup, the Brazilians like to remember their Olympic teams 5-4 penalty shootout triumph of the Germans.

But this young DieMannschaft and the young Selecao both will look to keep their form going.

Germany have had a mixed start into the tournament with a late 2-1 win over Costa Rica, a terrible 0-4 trashing against Iran before a 3-1 win over Guinea ended their group engagements. Then came their 4-0 win over Colombia in the pre-quarterfinals, the best performance of the Germans.

Brazil have had smooth sailing in the tournament. They had to fight Spain but won a close encounter 2-1 in their opener following it up with 2-0 wins over North Korea and Niger. A 3-0 win over Central Americans Honduras followed to leave the Brazilians as one of the tournament favourites.

But past history or stats in the tournament do not count, then world football heavyweights Germany and Brazil meet each other.

Kolkata is ready. I am ready too. We all look forward to a great game of football!!!

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