SECOND ROUND/Saturday: Germany are as worried about the heat in their second-round clash with Paraguay as they are about playing the South Americans. The game kicks off in the Seogwipo mid-afternoon in temperatures which could favour Paraguay. Assistant coach Michael Skibbe said: "We do know we have to play to our limit." Michael Ballack added: "The weather is incredibly oppressive."

Meanwhile Rudi Voller has warned his team not to under-estimate Cesare Maldini's side, a team which narrowly qualified for the second round. "You have to take every opponent serious," he said. "Only if you do this 100 per cent will you have a chance."

Voller will have to make three changes to the team which beat Cameroon 2-0 to secure a place in the last 16. Christian Ziege, Dietmar Hamann and Carsten Ramelow are suspended after picking up yellow cards against the Africans and will miss Saturday's game.

To add to Voller's worries, Jorg Bohme has been ruled out after tearing a muscle in training yesterday. However, the coach remained confident that the players he did have at his disposal will be too strong for Paraguay. He said: "The players did perform just in the moment when it was needed. That is the way new teams are born."

Paraguay's Bayern Munich hitman Roque Santa Cruz is gunning for Germany and he claimed: "I will kill them". The tall, thin Santa Cruz does not look the belligerent type, but he could not be more fired up for this World Cup second round clash.

Paraguay, despite having just 10 men, scored three times against Slovenia in the final 25 minutes to squeeze through ahead of South Africa on goals scored. The South American side remained on Jeju island after their 3-1 win over Slovenia but coach Cesare Maldini must do without Porto midfielder Carlos Paredes who was sent off midway through the half.

Striker Nelson Cuevas, however, will be fit to face Germany. After scoring twice against Slovenia, the River Plate star was forced from the pitch in the dying minutes after injuring his ankle. Maldini calls Cuevas his "secret weapon" and prefers to play him off the bench. "He is most effective playing only 25 or 30 minutes per match," the Italian said.