With the Bundesliga on an international break, Kick Off looks at the 2014 World Cup in Brazil. The final teams are qualifying for the tournament right now, and on December 6 the groups will be drawn. Football's biggest event begins on June 12, 2014. So what better time for Kick Off! to look at the football-mad host nation?
What's the mood like in Brazil ahead of the 2014 World Cup? How representative are the recurring protests against the tournament? To answer those questions we met a group of fans attending a weekend match. As one of them said, "I'm torn between my political convictions and my love of the game." Kick off!s Philipp Barth takes the pulse among fans, Fifa officials, beach merchants, bloggers and experts.