what s account atmosphere like in rio now? reporter: the atmosphere in rio is amazing tonight. the one of the reasons for that being that the brazilian team tonight made the jump into the next round. so many of the people here who are obviously brazilian are celebrating this day. brazil topped their group and playing chile next. in general what you have here is many, many people from many different cultures coming together and cheering each other on. it really is a truly multicultural experience that you get here on the copacabana these days. you said brazil won tonight. can the u.s. make it out of this group of death? reporter: i ll tell you one thing. this group of death was very, very tough but the u.s. is in a great position to make it to the next round. now, they face germany which is obviously a world cup powerhouse. they won the cup three times and have been in more finals than any other team in the world. they ve also shown weaknesses against guana.
lot of upsets and surprises. so i think that they re just waiting to get an opportunity to surprise everyone and show that they re, you know, the underdogs but that they re going to come out on top. some worried about not coming out on top. american employers who may worry about losing money because workers are watching the games played during business hours. those still unconvinced of their undying love for the support still have plenty of time. three weeks to warm up to the frenzy. you d better hurry. this might turn out to be the best world cup of all time. nick valencia, cnn, atlanta. nick, thank you very much. live to the copa cobana beach in rio where can fred pleitgen is toughing it out on assignment tonight. you lucky man. what s account atmosphere like in rio now? reporter: the atmosphere in rio is amazing tonight. the one of the reasons for that being that the brazilian team
school that my kids go to. he lives right around the corner from where i live in berlin. it really helps the american team. it gives them a style that jurgen klinsmann can work with well. certainly a lot of player who s come from germany have done very, very well for america. but what jurg condition klinsmann has managed to do is managed to instill an american spirit in that team. one of the things you can see in the team is that they never give up even when they re down. they fight harder than ever before. that s something has impressed not only american fans but fans around the world. joakim love. who are you rooting for, fred? it s tough for me. i spent so much time in america. i love america very much. but i am going to go with germany. i ve been wearing my german jersey. there s certain things i have to go with my home country but i also hope america advances to the next round. america getting far in the
jurgen klinsmann can work with well. certainly a lot of player who s come from germany have done very, very well for america. but what jurg condition klinsmann has managed to do is managed to instill an american spirit in that team. one of the things you can see in the team is that they never give up even when they re down. they fight harder than ever before. that s something has impressed not only american fans but fans around the world. joakim love. who are you rooting for, fred? it s tough for me. i spent so much time in america. i love america very much. but i am going to go with germany. i ve been wearing my german jersey. there s certain things i have to go with my home country but i also hope america advances to the next round. america getting far in the tournament is something that is good for soccer around the world. nice working with you, fred. maybe there s a german version of cnn. kidding. thank you very much.
defensively. you wouldn t see as much scoring. you might end up in a tie. you mentioned the fact that the u.s. coach used to be the coach of the german program. there s a lot of german americans on team. everybody likes to think maybe the german coach and u.s. coach are going to chat and decide they should go to a draw. nobody thinks that will happen in this case. jurgen klinsmann has proven himself above reproach. if you hear about it in the next couple days, it has happened in the past. with germany. back then, it was west germany, 1982. everyone involved has pretty much acknowledged they and austria somewhat col included to get themselves both into the next round. you ll hear a lot about that over the next couple days, as well. it s a good side story. it gets people interested. there s nothing that you don t know the about sports. you always amaze me. eva, let s talk for people not so sportsy, let s talk about the trends we re seeing on the field. plenty of wild hairstyles.