Huge TV audiences were expected in both nations for the game and with forecasters predicting the hottest day of the year so far, open air screenings were predicted to prove popular.
"We have seen already very good TV figures for the previous matches both of Germany and of England," said FIFA spokesman Pekka Odriozola.
"Certainly the expectations are that for a match like this one the figures will also be very, very good."
Princes William and Harry have passed on messages of support to England's team, saying the country will be "hugely proud" as long as the players gave their all.
"All out roar!" proclaimed the News of the World with a picture of England's top three players snarling like lions, while the Sunday Mirror taunted "We'll make Roo sorry!".
The Daily Star pictured England striker Wayne Rooney in a tin hat with the headline: "We will fight jeering jerries on the pitches."
"Jubeln, chillen, England grillen," (Celeberate, chill out and grill England) wrote Bild am Sonntag newspaper. "It's the first genuine day of summer. Hello summer! Good-bye England."
Pouring salt in the wounds of England's notoriously poor performance when World Cup matches go to penalty shoot-outs, Bild added: "All we have to do is reach penalties."
DON'T MENTION THE WAR
"I don't know who needs it, we definitely don't," he told the BBC. "This is a thing of the past, doesn't help in the present and future, and we should just ignore it."
Sunday's clash will mark the third time in 20 years that England and Germany have met in the knockout stage of a major football tournament and fans will be hoping for a turnaround in England's fortunes.
