EURO 2012: MEET THE GERMAN MACHINES

Coach Joachim Low on Monday unveiled his final
23-man squad for next month's UEFA EURO 2012,
cutting four players from his initial pre-list. Goalkeeper Marc-Andre
ter Stegen, who leaked five
goals in an upset 5-3 loss to Switzerland in a
friendly on the weekend, was omitted along with
Stuttgart striker Cacau, Schalke's teenage midfielder
Julian Draxler and Borussia Dortmund's Sven
Bender. Germany open their Group B campaign against
Portugal on 9 June before playing the 1988
winners Netherlands four days later and rounding
off against 1992 champions Denmark on 17 June. Squad: Goalkeepers:
Manuel Neuer (Bayern Munich), Tim Wiese (Werder Bremen), Ron-Robert
Zieler
(Hanover) Defenders: Holger Badstuber (Bayern Munich), Jerome Boateng
(Bayern Munich), Benedikt
Hoewedes (Schalke 04), Mats Hummels (Borussia
Dortmund), Philipp Lahm (Bayern Munich), Marcel
Schmelzer (Borussia Dortmund), Per Mertesacker
(Arsenal/ENG) Midfielders: Lars Bender (Bayer Leverkusen), Toni Kroos
(Bayern Munich), Thomas Mueller (Bayern
Munich), Mesut Oezil (Real Madrid/ESP), Andre
Schuerrle (Bayer Leverkusen), Sami Khedira (Real
Madrid/ESP), Bastian Schweinsteiger (Bayern
Munich), Mario Goetze (Borussia Dortmund), Ilkay
Guendogan (Borussia Dortmund) Forwards: Mario Gomez (Bayern Munich),
Miroslav Klose (Lazio/ITA), Lukas Podolski (Arsenal/ENG),
Marco Reus (Borussia Moenchengladbach)



Source: FIFA.com