Friday, 9 May 2014

German Coach Löw reveals World Cup squad

Joachim Löw, German football coach revealed provisional 30-man squad on 8th May for the Brazil 2014 World Cup which starts next month. German coach has included a strong dose of youth into his provisional 30-man squad. Some of them are 18-year-old Meyer, 19-year-old Goretzka and many other. Out of 23, 10 of them were not even born the last time Germany won  the World Cup in 1990, as West Germany.

Löw did the same thing in 2010 South Africa World Cup when he announced Germany's youngest World Cup squad in 76 years and the great thing is that they finished third in the tournament.

veteran striker Mario Gomez's, 33 name is not there in the squad list. At the same time 35-year-old Miroslav Klose, who needs only one more World Cup goal to equal the all-time record of 15 goals set by Brazilian striker Ronaldo. Another key returnee is Real Madrid defensive midfielder Sami Khedira, who is back following an injury.

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Löwwill unveil the list final squad of 23 on June 2, ahead of the June 13-July 13 tournament. Germany will play world cup in Group G along with Portugal, Ghana and the United States.

German World Cup Squad

Goalkeepers: Manuel Neuer (Bayern Munich), Roman Weidenfeller (Borussia Dortmund), Ron-Robert Zieler (Hannover)

Defenders: Erik Durm (Borussia Dortmund), Jerome Boateng (Bayern Munich), Kevin Grosskreutz (Borussia Dortmund), Benedikt Howedes (Schalke), Mats Hummels (Borussia Dortmund), Marcell Jansen (Hamburg), Philipp Lahm (Bayern Munich), Per Mertesacker (Arsenal), Shkodran Mustafi (Sampdoria), Marcel Schmelzer (Borussia Dortmund).

Midfielders: Matthias Ginter (Freiburg), Lars Bender (Bayer Leverkusen), Julian Draxler (Schalke), Leon Goretzka (Schalke), Mario Gotze (Bayern Munich), Andre Hahn (Augsburg), Sami Khedira (Real Madrid), Toni Kroos (Bayern Munich), Max Meyer (Schalke), Thomas Muller (Bayern Munich), Mesut Ozil (Arsenal), Marco Reus (Borussia Dortmund), Andre Schurrle (Chelsea), Bastian Schweinsteiger (Bayern Munich).

Forwards: Kevin Volland (Hoffenheim), Miroslav Klose (Lazio), Lukas Podolski (Arsenal).

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