Germany centre back Mats Hummels has been ruled out of his side's Group F encounter with Sweden on Saturday. The Bayern Munich defender has suffered from a cervical vertebrae injury, and won't be able to take part.
Germany's World Cup got off to a terrible start against Mexico last week. The reigning world champions looked uninspiring to say the least as they fell to a 1-0 defeat to their opponents across the Atlantic Ocean - a loss that was hugely unexpected from Joachin Low's men.
This means that Die Mannschaft must beat Sweden if they want to avoid fears of being knocked out of the World Cup at the first stage - having only won the trophy four years ago in Brazil.