Almost a week into the tournament, World Cup fever has very much taken hold in Germany, with the Nationalmannschaft's 7-1 thumping of minnows Curacao on Sunday looking all the more impressive in light of Spain's goalless draw with Cape Verde on Monday.
You see, these group-stage games against smaller nations aren't as easy as you might think!
Strikers Deniz Undav and Kai Havertz both scored against Curacao, but there's been some bad news for any Germany fans wanting to have those names printed on the backs of their replica shirts after the official kit provider ran out of letter Vs – with midfielder Aleksandar Pavlovic's name also affected.
"The DFB [German Football Federation] and its partner 11teamsports are responsible for shirt names," kit manufacturer Adidas told the SID sports news agency.
"Due to high demand for the names of Undav, Havertz and Pavlovic, there were temporary shortages of the letter V. These shortages were quickly corrected and names with a letter V will be available online again soon."The popular Deniz Undav also scored, and set up two more, further boosting demand for the letter VImage: Matthias Koch/picture alliance
