RIO DE JANEIRO, June 26 — Germany and the United States will play their last World Cup group match tomorrow as planned, despite torrential rain in the northeastern Brazilian city of Recife, football’s world governing body FIFA said today.

“The match will get started at 1pm (1600 GMT) as originally anticipated,” a FIFA spokeswoman said. “It is true there are heavy rains but the match will go ahead as scheduled.”

A draw between Germany and the US would send both teams into the second round and eliminate Portugal and Ghana who also play tomorrow. — Reuters