The anticipation is building across the capital as German and Argentine soccer fans gear up to watch the two heavyweights face off in Monday's World Cup final.
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They're among an estimated worldwide audience of about one billion people set to tune in to Monday's final contest at Rio de Janeiro's Maracana Stadium.
After a month of early morning alarms and nail-biting competition, the last match between will kick off at 5am Canberra time.
Harmonie German Club president Hans Stoehr expects more than 200 people will watch the game at the Narrabundah club when doors open at 4am.
He said while anything could happen, the German team was in fine form.
''You've got to be quietly confident,'' he said.
The ''little bits of brilliance'' shown by Argentine captain and star player Lionel Messi would not be enough to ward off Germany's ''very good defenders'', Mr Stoehr said.
Diplomats Lars and Susanne Olberg will be among the crowd and said staff at the German Embassy were excited.
''I wouldn't say we're as nuts about soccer as the Brazilians, but we're close,'' Mr Olberg said.
''It's our national sport, like cricket or rugby league in Australia.
''If the World Cup's on, we'll be watching it at a public viewing or at home on the television.''
If the German team won, Mr Olberg said fans would do a victory lap around Canberra with their cars decked out in the colours of the German flag.
It's not the first-time such competition has played out between the two countries - they have played each other in World Cup finals twice before.
Argentina won in 1986, and West Germany was victorious in 1990.
Deputy head of mission at the Argentine embassy, Eduardo Acevedo-Diaz, said the history of World Cup stoushes between the two countries made the contest ''more like a classic''.
''I think it's only fair that we should win this time and even it out,'' Mr Acevedo-Diaz said.
He admitted Germany was a strong team that could be difficult to beat.
Yet he remained cautiously optimistic as he prepared for Monday morning's heated clash.
''We are very, very excited about it, I think all Argentinians' hearts are beating as one now.
''We made it so far and it's a privilege to be there at the final.''
Mr Acevedo-Diaz said Argentina's place in the final was an opportunity for Canberra's Latin American community to come together as one.
The Argentine embassy in Barton will host community members for a Latin American breakfast feast as they watch the final contest.
''Argentina could have been another Latin American country, but we are lucky it was us,'' he said.
''May the best team win.''
