Knocked out of the Football World Cup, still a chance for the Rugby World Cup - this is the strange world German sports fans find themselves in this morning.
They were left devastated after Germany was knocked out of the Fifa World Cup today, New Zealand time, losing 2-0 to South Korea.
But on Saturday in Apia, the German national rugby team faces Samoa for a place in the 2019 Rugby World Cup.
World Rugby was quick to welcome mourning football fans with open arms ahead of the first of two qualifying matches.