Germany coach Joachim Löw has named his 21 players squad for the season’s first international friendly against Paraguay in Kaiserslautern on Wednesday (August 14).”I am very pleased that we now have for the first time in five months many players back in the squad, who form the backbone of the team,” said Joachim Loew.
“It is important to start well into a season, which will end for us with the World Cup in Brazil. With the game against Paraguay we want to fine tune for the World Cup qualifiers in September and October.” he added.
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The Bayern Munich trio of Mario Götze, Toni Kroos and Bastian Schweinsteiger have been left out for the friendly with Götze recovering from injury while Kroos and Schweinsteiger are rested.
Squad
Goalkeepers: René Adler (Hamburger SV), Manuel Neuer (FC Bayern München)
Defenders: Jérôme Boateng (FC Bayern München), Benedikt Höwedes (FC Schalke 04), Mats Hummels (Borussia Dortmund), Marcell Jansen (Hamburger SV), Philip Lahm (FC Bayern München), Per Mertesacker (FC Arsenal), Marcel Schmelzer (Borussia Dortmund)
Midfielders: Lars Bender (Bayer 04 Leverkusen), Sven Bender (Borussia Dortmund), Julian Draxler (FC Schalke 04), Ilkay Gündogan (Borussia Dortmund), Sami Khedira (Real Madrid), Thomas Müller (FC Bayern München), Mesut Özil (Real Madrid), Lukas Podolski (FC Arsenal), Marco Reus (Borussia Dortmund), André Schürrle (Chelsea London)
Forwards: Mario Gomez (AC Fiorentina), Miroslav Klose (SS Lazio Roma)
