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Ghana�s Berlin-born midfielder Kevin-Prince Boateng has turned up the heat for Saturday�s World Cup Group G match against Germany by comparing it to a gladiator-style �fight to the death�. �It�s like in ancient Rome. There will be people around the pitch who want to see how two teams fight,� the Schalke 04 star told German magazine Sport Bild. �The team who wants it more will win and we will fight to the death against Germany.� Boateng opted to play for Ghana, the country of his father, in 2009 and will be up against his half brother and Germany right-back Jerome Boateng in Fortaleza. Germany top their group after Monday�s 4-0 hammering of Cristiano Ronaldo�s Portugal, while Ghana are third after their 2-1 defeat to the USA the same day. The flamboyant ex-Tottenham Hotspur and AC Milan star has criticised the Germans in the past, saying Joachim Loew�s squad lacks �characters and leaders� when the going gets tough. �Whenever things matter, they don�t make it,� he added. But the 27-year-old says he has no worries about his words being used as motivation against him. �Loew can hang these sentences on the wall with pleasure,� insisted Boateng. �This isn�t a game-related opinion, more like something fundamental.�