Low squad requires point for high of World Cup qualification

German manager Joachim Low will bring a 22 man squad to Belfast this week to take on Northern Ireland. The World Champions – who have won all eight qualifiers – require just a point to secure qualification for next summer’s FIFA World Cup in Russia.

 

Low will have to do without Leipzig striker Timo Werner who was ruled out due to injury over the weekend and the German boss has decided not to call up a replacement.

 

 

Both Jerome Boateng and Leroy Sane return to the squad after missing recent qualifiers. The squad contains 17 of the 23 players who were part of the Confederations Cup winning squad from Russia earlier this year.

 

The German squad are missing some high profile players due to injury. There is no place for midfielders Mesut Ozil, Mario Gotze, Sami Khedira, defender Jonas Hector and goalkeeper Manuel Neuer.

 



Marc-Andre ter Stegen will continue in goal for Die Mannschaft. ter Stegen kept a clean sheet in Barcelona’s 3-0 win over Las Palmes which was played behind closed doors in the Camp Nou following violence that flared following the attempted suppression of the Catalan independence vote.

 

Germany Squad in full for their matches away to Northern Ireland and home to Azerbaijan

 

Goalkeepers: Bernd Leno (Bayer Leverkusen), Marc-Andre ter Stegen (Barcelona), Kevin Trapp (PSG)


Defenders: Jerome Boateng (Bayern Munich), Matthias Ginter (Borussia Moenchengladbach), Mats Hummels (Bayern Munich), Joshua Kimmich (Bayern Munich), Shkodran Mustafi (Arsenal), Marvin Plattenhardt (Hertha Berlin), Antonio Ruediger (Chelsea), Niklas Suele (Bayern Munich)




Midfielders: Julian Brandt (Bayer Leverkusen), Emre Can (Liverpool), Julian Draxler (Paris Saint-Germain), Leon Goretzka (Schalke), Toni Kroos (Real Madrid), Sebastian Rudy (Bayern Munich), Leroy Sane (Manchester City), Amin Younes (Ajax)


Forwards: Thomas Mueller (Bayern Munich), Lars Stindl (Borussia Moenchengladbach), Sandro Wagner (Hoffenheim).

 

 

See also: Michael O'Neill announces Northern Ireland squad for Germany and Norway double-header

 

 

Extratime.ie will be covering Thursday’s game live from Windsor Park in Belfast.

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