GERMANY: RUDI VOELLER PREPARES GERMANY FOR ERUO 2004 WARM UP MATCH AGAINST BELGIUM

Record ID: 208343

  • Title: GERMANY: RUDI VOELLER PREPARES GERMANY FOR ERUO 2004 WARM UP MATCH AGAINST BELGIUM
  • Date: 25th March 2004
  • Summary: FRANKFURT, GERMANY (MARCH 25, 2004) (REUTERS - ACCESS ALL) 1. COUNTDOWN, CURTAIN FALLS TO REVEAL MODELS WEARING GERMAN NATIONAL FOOTBALL TEAM UNIFORMS FOR EURO 2004 2. MODELS MODELLING UNIFORMS 3. SOCCER BOOTS AND SOCKS IN GERMAN COLOURS 4. GERMAN MANAGER RUDI VOELLER WATCHING 5. JOURNALISTS 6. CREST ON JERSEY 7. PHOTOGRAPHERS 8. MODELS AND VOELLER, VOELLER WITH BALLACK'S 13 JERSEY 9. WIDE OF PRESS CONFERENCE 10. (SOUNDBITE) (German) GERMAN NATIONAL COACH RUDI VOELLER, SAYING: "No, I said it will be decided before the match against Romania, we will meet here in Frankfurt over a cup of coffee or a beer, as we always do, and we will discuss these things openly. I have never said they (goalkeepers Oliver Kahn and Jens Lehmann) had to spend their holidays together but they must have a sensible relationship and they will. It's very important." 11. JOURNALISTS/PHOTOGRAPHERS 12. WIDE OF PRESS CONFERENCE Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
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  • Location: FRANKFURT, GERMANY
  • Country: Germany
  • Reuters ID: LVABAJ55ETTL9YZYPM9KQH0Z5E0B
  • Story Text: Germany and manager Rudi Voeller prepare for a Euro
    2004 warm-up match against Belgium.




    Coach Rudi Voeller announced his squad on Thursday
    (March 25) for the March 31 friendly against Belgium and
    presented the jerseys the national team will wear during
    the June and July tournament.

    He confirmed that Arsenal's Jens Lehmann will play in
    goal for Germany. Voeller had already said that number one
    goalkeeper and captain Oliver Kahn would be given a break
    for the friendly international in Cologne. He was holding
    to a decision he had taken before Lehmann caused uproar in
    February by saying he felt he was better than Kahn.

    The two goalkeepers are expected to be named in
    Germany's squad for the Euro 2004 finals in Portugal
    starting on June 12 with Bayern Munich's Kahn the number
    one.

    "I have never said they had to spend their holidays
    together but they must have a sensible relationship and
    they will," said Voeller, who knows his two goalkeepers are
    not the best of friends.

    There were no surprises in Voeller's 21-man squad and
    only one newcomer is VfB Stuttgart goalkeeper Timo
    Hildebrand who will be Lehmann's reserve for the game.

    Stuttgart defender Philipp Lahm was called up again. He
    impressed Voeller in his international debut in a 2-1
    friendly win over Croatia last month in Split.

    Bayern Munich midfielder Sebastian Deisler, who has
    just resumed training after being treated for depression,
    and Borussia Dortmund Christoph Metzelder, nursing a
    serious injury, were not in the squad.

    TSV 1860 Munich striker Benjamin Lauth, who has been
    described by Voeller as a unique talent, has struggled
    lately and will have to be content with playing in
    Germany's under-21 team against Georgia on Tuesday.


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