Germany announce final squad for Fifa World Cup
Andreas Beck was unlucky man to miss out as Germany coach Joachim Löw reduced his World Cup squad from 24 to the final 23.
The Hoffenheim defender was overlooked in favour of Hamburg’s Dennis Aogo and Holger Badstuber of Bayern Munich, both of whom only have one cap for their country.
Löw’s plans were rocked by injuries to skipper Michael Ballack, fellow midfielders Christian Trasch and Simon Rolfes and goalkeeper Rene Adler, with Bayern Munich’s Philipp Lahm taking the captain’s armband in the revised squad.
Three time winners Germany face Australia in Group D on June 13th in Durban, before further fixtures against Serbia and Ghana.
Germany's final squad for the Fifa World Cup:
Goalkeepers: Hans- Jorg Butt (Bayern Munich), Manuel Neuer (Schalke), Tim Wiese (Werder Bremen).
Defenders: Dennis Aogo (Hamburger SV), Holger Badstuber (Bayern Munich), Arne Friedrich (Hertha Berlin), Jerome Boateng (Hamburger SV), Marcell Jansen (Hamburger SV), Philipp Lahm (Bayern Munich), Per Mertesacker (Werder Bremen), Serdar Tasci (Stuttgart).
Midfielders: Sami Khedira (Stuttgart), Toni Kroos (Bayer Leverkusen), Marko Marin (Werder Bremen), Mesut Oezil (Werder Bremen), Bastian Schweinsteiger (Bayern Munich), Piotr Trochowski (Hamburger SV).
Forwards: Cacau (Stuttgart), Mario Gomez (Bayern Munich), Stefan Kiessling (Bayer Leverkusen), Miroslav Klose (Bayern Munich), Thomas Mueller (Bayern Munich), Lukas Podolski (Cologne).
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