Saturday's first FIFA U-20 World Cup Egypt 2009 quarter-final is the hotly anticipated duel between CONMEBOL U-20 title holders Brazil and UEFA U-19 and U-21 champions Germany at the Cairo International Stadium.

The game
Brazil - Germany, Cairo, Saturday 10 October, 16:30 (local time)

The stakes
Both teams have been highly impressive so far in the tournament, living up to their reputations as pre-tournament favourites and asserting their credentials by qualifying as group winners. The South Americans celebrated a convincing 3-1 Round of 16 victory over Uruguay with an formidable attacking display, while European heavyweights Germany twice came back from behind to win 3-2 against highly-fancied Nigeria despite playing the final third of the match with ten men.

The stat
3 - This will be the third time that Brazil and Germany have met at a FIFA U-20 World Cup, with the previous two contests both going the way of the South Americans. At Argentina 2001, the Seleção recorded a 2-0 group-stage victory, while a 2-1 extra-time win was enough to take the Auriverde through to the semi-finals of the 2005 edition in the Netherlands.

The birthday
Brazil defender Rafael Toloi turns 19 on the day of the match and would surely exchange each and every birthday present he receives for a win against Germany.

The words
"Of course it's our goal to win the title, but that's the same for every team, even those who aren't here! I've been very happy with our performances so far, despite the fact that we took a while to show our full potential. The main thing is that we're on course for the final. It's not going to be easy with so many good teams left, but we're a determined lot and we believe in the players' ability." Rogerio Lourenco, Brazil coach.

"The lads have been enjoying themselves both in the matches and in training and considering we had 25 players pull out of the squad prior to the tournament, they've really done themselves proud. I said right from the beginning that we'd take things one game at a time and that's why the team have been performing so well. We'll do our best to qualify for the semis. Brazil are definitely beatable, we just need to wear them down." Horst Hrubesch, Germany coach