World Cup 2010 South Africa

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Germany coach, Joachim Löw, announced on Thursday a list of 30 players who will perform physical tests to attend the World Cup 2010 tournament.
Joachim Löw summoned the first time three young players: Thomas Müller (Bayern Munich), Toni Kroos (Bayer Leverkusen) and Dennis Aogo (Hamburger SV). Instead, the coach is not called the Torsten Frings and Christoph Metzelder, the latter having problems with his club, Real Madrid. Michael Ballack has also been omitted because of injury.

List of 30 players called for the physical tests:

Goalkeepers: Rene Adler, Manuel Neuer, Tim Wiese;
Defenders: Dennis Aogo, Andreas Beck, Jerome Boateng, Arne Friedrich, Robert Huth, Philipp Lahm, Per Mertesacker, Marcel Schäfer, Serdar Tasci, Christian Träsch;
Midfielders: Christian Gentner, Thomas Hitzlsperger, Aaron Hunt, Marcell Jansen, Sami Khedira, Toni Kroos, Marko Marin, Thomas Müller, Mesut Özil, Simon Rolfes, Bastian Schweinsteiger, Piotr Trochowski;
Forwards: Cacau, Mario Gomez, Patrick Helmes, Stefan Kiessling, Miroslav Klose.