And you are telling us now ? Where were you before I put my money to it ? :ferocious
Oh well, maybe Denmark sent also 8 players home.....
Yeah, I could have used that info a little sooner. :groan:
i just got home, after cutting my hair
Germany coach Joachim Loew opted yesterday to release eight senior players, including captain Michael Ballack, from his squad to face Denmark in a friendly on Wednesday.
Germany secured a valuable 2-1 win over the Czech Republic in Prague on Saturday, with two goals from Kevin Kuranyi giving them another big push towards qualification for Euro 2008.
The friendly against Denmark in Duisburg will be a chance to experiment for Loew.
He decided he could rest Ballack, goalkeeper Jens Lehmann, Bayern Munich trio Philipp Lahm, Lukas Podolski and Bastian Schweinsteiger, the Werder Bremen players Torsten Frings and Per Mertesacker and Bayer Leverkusen's Bernd Schneider.
Loew called up two uncapped players yesterday: striker Patrick Helmes of second division Cologne and midfielder Simon Rolfes of Bayer Leverkusen.
They will be joined by Clemens Fritz, Alexander Madlung, Christian Schulz and Paul Freier, who were already scheduled to hook up with the squad for the friendly.
Germany, who finished third at last year's World Cup, are in a good position to clinch a place at Euro 2008 after Saturday's win kept them top of Group D with 13 points from five matches.