Arsenal midfielder Mesut Ozil says Germany will play to win against World Cup opponents USA.
The two countries would both progress to the last 16 with a point each, and to make matters more enticing for conspiracy theorists the two coaches are close friends and former colleagues.
Furthermore the USA team is coached by a German, Jurgen Klinsmann, and contains five German-American players, GI babies who are a legacy of the US army's presence in the old West Germany.
But Ozil said: "I believe that as a player we do not play for a draw. We play 90 minutes to score. Our purpose is to do our utmost to win, and that is what we will do. We want to finish top of the group."
The infamous West Germany-Austria match will be 32 years ago to the day but Low dismissed its relevance.
He said: "Nowadays it does not mean anything to this squad. Most of the players had not been born then. They would not have an opinion about that, they never watched it.
"It is difficult to understand nowadays, we do not know how it happened. It is not a topic for Jurgen or myself, we go to the pitch to win, not for a draw. If you want a draw, it never works."
