No other country in the world has higher expectations when it comes to the 2014 FIFA World Cup than Brazil.

This year's host nation is home to the greatest soccer resumé of all time, with five World Cup titles and some of the best players to ever play the game of soccer. With the 2014 World Cup being played on their soil, expectations couldn't be higher.

Unfortunately, fans received terrible news when it was learned that Neymar will miss the remainder of the World Cup.

In the 87th minute of play in the quarterfinals, Colombia trailed Brazil 2-1. Colombian defender Juan Zuniga jumped up for a ball behind Neymar leading with his knee. Zuniga's knee drove into Neymar's back and that resulted in a fractured vertebra. This was an extremely physical contest between the two teams throughout the game. Zuniga has already received threats and has said multiple times that he had no intentions of injuring Neymar.

So what now Brazil? They are now without their leading scorer for remainder of the tournament and Germany is up next.

The odds betters have certainly shifted. Brazil was originally a 7-4 favorite to defeat Germany and win the entire World Cup. Now, the team has level off with Germany at 2-1 to win it all. There's no doubt that losing Neymar was a big blow. Neymar was Brazil's leading scorer in this year's World Cup with four goals. Their second leading scorer was David Luiz with just two. Neymar's biggest goal of this tournament came against Chile in the round of 16. He scored the third goal in the shootout which sent the team to the quarterfinals.

Brazil is down, but they're not out.

The team will take on Germany on Tuesday. Head coach Luiz Scolari has led this team to a World Cup before. His experience and elite coaching is needed big time at this stage. Of course, Brazil fans are disappointed, and who could blame them, but let's not treat Germany as an unstoppable force. Somehow, this team tied with Ghana in group play and was taken the distance by Algeria in the round of 16. Germany failed to score a single goal against Algeria in regulation, winning a thrilling 2-1 game in extras. Algeria is a good team, but they're not Brazil.

Brazil just has to stay calm and stick to their game plan. There's an old addage in sports that "defense wins champions," and soccer is no different. Goalkeeper Julio Cesar has been playing fantastic thus far, and the defense has been right there to save him when needed. The suspension of team captain Thiago Silva is almost as big a blow for this squad as Neymar's injury. Dani Alves is going to have to lead this defense against Germany. The Germans remember the 2002 World Cup when they lost to Brazil and they will be looking for revenge.

Germany and Brazil face off on Tuesday afternoon at 4 p.m. EST on ESPN.