The midfielder is confident that he will be retained in the national team when the final squad is announced on May 29.
Joachim Low announced his provisional 27-man squad for next month’s European championship which included twins http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Sven-Bender-c34386. It is widely being reported that one of the two midfielders would face the axe when the
final squad is announced in the last week of May.
Lars is confident of his chances and has claimed that he has proved himself in the Bundesliga also this season with Bayer Leverkusen. He admitted that he and his brother thoroughly deserve to be in the team that travels to http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Poland-c2983
and http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Ukraine-c3032 next month.
The midfielder is eager to seize his opportunity for the national side and is hopeful that he can play for his country in the Euro 2012. Germany have announced the likes of http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Toni-Kroos-c35425, Ilkay
Gundogan and Mario Gotze for the central role along with the twins.
“We will try to recommend ourselves so we both travel to the European Championships. Everybody here has a chance of going to the tournament and we want to take that,” Lars was quoted as saying in an interview.
On the other hand, the Bayer Leverkusen player claimed that Germany’s international friendly against Switzerland this weekend is a very important game for him. He admitted that a good game against the Swiss side would surely put
his name on the list.
However, the player insisted that eventually it is in the hands of Joachim Low to decide which player will go and which four will stay and the players will have to work hard to recommend themselves.
“It is a really important game, but it is only an addition (to training). The coach will have already considered things in the many training sessions so far. We just have to try and use every training session and every game to
recommend ourselves,” he concluded.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Switzerland-c3016 in an international friendly at the St. Jakob-Park on Saturday, May 26. The game is a chance for players to impress Low before he names the final 23 players in four days time.
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