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 | | Loew announced the final 23 of Germany for Euro 20124.07.2012 |
The breeder of Germany Joachim Loew announced the final lineup of 23-player squad for Euro 2012 which starts on June 8 and the next day the Germans have a hard match against Portugal.
From the current list of Loew dropped four players - goalkeeper Marc-Andre ter Shtegen (Borussia Monchengladbach), forward Kakau (Stuttgart) and midfielders Julian Draksler (Schalke 04) and Sven Bender (Borussia Dortmund), whose twin brother Lars Bender from Bayern Leverkusen remains in the group of Bundesteam and went to Poland and the Netherlands.
With the dropping out of Kakau the Germans will have only two pure forwards in the face of Miroslav Klose and Mario Gomez, but the team has plenty of players with offensive functions that know how to score goals as the 2010 World Cup top scorer Thomas Mueller, Mark Royce, Mario Götz, Lukas Podolski, etc.
Germany goes to Ukraine, where are the group stage matches of the team, as second favorite for the title. Only Spain's chances are slightly better than the Germans, according to bookmakers.
The final composition of Germany's Euro 2012:
Goalkeepers: Manuel Noyer (Bayern Munich), Tim Viyze (Werder Bremen), Ron-Robert Tsiyler (Hannover 96);
Defenders: Jerome Boateng, Holger Badshtuber, Philipp Lahm (Bayern Munich), Mats Humels Marcel Shmeltser (Borussia Dortmund), Benedict Hyovedes (Schalke 04), Per Mertezaker (Arsenal);
Midfielders and Forwards: Bastian Schweinsteiger, Thomas Mueller, Toni Kroos (Bayern Munich), Mario Götz, Ilkay Gyundogan, Mesut Ozil, Sami Khedira (Real Madrid), Andre Shyurle, Lars Bender (Bayer Leverkusen), Lukas Podolski (Cologne), Marco Royce (Borussia Monchengladbach), Mario Gomez (Bayern Munich), Miroslav Klose (Lazio).
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