Sami Khedira, Mario Gómez, Marco Reus, and now a fourth name – Sven Bender. With the Austria game now just over two days away, Nationaltrainer Joachim Löw is down to a squad of twenty-one. The BV 09 Borussia Dortmund midfielder is at present one of the fringe players and would probably have not featured against Austria, and no replacement has been named.
The squad now reads:
Goalkeepers:
Manuel Neuer (Bayern München, 21 Apps/0 Goals)
Tim Wiese (Werder Bremen, 4/0)
Ron-Robert Zieler (Hannover 96, 0/0)
Defence:
Holger Badstuber (FC Bayern München, 14/1)
Jérôme Boateng (FC Bayern München, 14/0)
Benedikt Höwedes (FC Schalke 04, 2/0)
Mats Hummels (BV 09 Borussia Dortmund, 8/0)
Philipp Lahm (FC Bayern München, 81/4)
Per Mertesacker (SV Werder Bremen, 75/1)
Marcel Schmelzer (BV 09 Borussia Dortmund, 4/0)
Christian Träsch (VfL Wolfsburg, 8/0)
Midfield:
Mario Götze (BV 09 Borussia Dortmund, 7/1)
Toni Kroos (FC Bayern München, 19/0)
Thomas Müller (FC Bayern München, 19/7)
Mesut Özil (Real Madrid CF, 26/4)
Lukas Podolski (1. FC Köln, 90/42)
Simon Rolfes (Bayer 04 Leverkusen, 23/1)
André Schürrle (Bayer 04 Leverkusen, 6/3)
Bastian Schweinsteiger (FC Bayern München, 88/22)
Forwards:
Cacau (VfB Stuttgart, 18/4)
Miroslav Klose (SS Lazio, 110/61)