started and earlier you ve been talking to fans about germany s world cup performances what do they make of the terminus of the tournament so far. well none of them wanted a premature exit none of them i spoke to some fans and one friend said look this is embarrassing if germany considering the quality if they exit in the group stages it s an embarrassment he basically said that i m going to walk out of here with my head down another friend said that he s not even the superstitious football type but he said that if germany exit in the group stages he will start believing in the world cup which is basically because germany would become the third straight nation to exit in the group stages after italy and spain. four years later talking in a very wet out there for us thank you so much. press harrington from our sports task is now with me in the studio across germany by the skin of their teeth they