A long-standing continental rivalry will be renewed on Egyptian soil when Brazil and Uruguay go head-to-head in the last 16 of the Under-20 World Cup.
With these skilful and adventurous sides having shared 10 goals during qualifying, Port Said should be in for a treat as two of the competition�s great entertainers do battle for a place in the quarterfinals.
Brazil might be continental champions, but it proved impossible to separate them from Uruguay during the South American preliminaries.
La Celeste enjoyed the better of the sides� first meeting, in fact, winning 3-2, before the scoreline was reversed when the sides renewed hostilities in the tournament's final phase.
The nations also have a 1-1 record at the Fifa U-20 World Cup, with A Sele��o beating their old rivals 4-0 to secure third place at the inaugural edition in 1977, and Uruguay exacting revenge with a 2-1 quarterfinal win at Nigeria 1999.
After facing Cameroon in Ismailia in their third match of the group phase, Germany head back to the Mubarak Stadium in Suez today for their Round of 16 tie against Nigeria.
Germany, who had only a few days to work together before the tournament began, have developed a wonderful team spirit and have the belief they can make it all the way to the Final.
The Nigerians, meanwhile, barely scraped through to the knockout stages after picking up just three points to finish third in their group.
Following defeats in their first two matches, only a 5-0 thrashing of Tahiti in their final Group B game was enough to keep Samson Siasia�s side in the competition.
�We're expecting a tough game against Germany. The knockout stages are always different to the group stages.
�Of course we have a lot of respect for Germany. They've already demonstrated what a quality team they are and I'm sure they're going to be very confident going into the match,� says Siasia.
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