I'm going to be an optimist here.
If you're going to play Germany in group play, best to play them in the last match. They will likely have cinched and may be holding back their stars. We'll obviously be playing to survive, and if we're lucky they'll be playing to win, with a heavy dose of DON'T GET HURT. Stranger things have happened.
Just don't mention the war.
The draw didn't do us any favors, but I imagine if we would had to pick an order, this would have been it.
--rob wildermann