Germany boss Joachim Low believes that teams have improved but he is keen to make history by winning the world cup for the second time in a row.
Low hopes to emulate the last coach to lift the World Cup trophy twice – Vittorio Pozzo, who won the competition with Italy in 1934 and 1938.
“France have gotten better, Spain have improved, Brazil and Argentina too,” he said. To be world champion once again means a lot to me, of course. That would be something historical.”
“But I also feel some humility over the seriousness of the task. Everything has to be right to win a title, and at a certain point other factors will play their part as well, because the teams are similar in their quality. Little things can have a huge effect.”
They face Mexico, Sweden and South Korea