SOUTH AFRICA: SOCCER/FOOTBALL - WORLD CUP 2010 - Germany train ahead of their World Cup clash with England

Record ID: 452527

  • Title: SOUTH AFRICA: SOCCER/FOOTBALL - WORLD CUP 2010 - Germany train ahead of their World Cup clash with England
  • Date: 27th June 2010
  • Summary: BLOEMFONTEIN, SOUTH AFRICA (JUNE 26, 2010) (REUTERS) GERMAN 2010 WORLD CUP SOCCER TEAM TRAINING ON THE FIELD AT THE CENTRAL UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY DEFENDER PHILIPP LAHM WARMING UP TEAM KICKING A BALL AROUND MIDFIELDER BASTIAN SCHWEINSTEIGER TRAINING VARIOUS OF TEAM WARMING UP TELEVISION CAMERA CREWS FILMING THE TRAINING SESSION VARIOUS OF TEAM IN A HUDDLE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE PITCH SOME OF GERMANY'S COACHING TEAM ON THE SIDELINES VARIOUS OF THE TEAM TRAINING FORWARD MIROSLAV KLOSE KICKING A BALL TEAM MEMBERS TRAINING SCHWEINSTEIGER TRAINING FORWARD LUKAS PODOLSKI TRAINING COACH JOACHIM LOW AND ASSISTANT LEAVE THE FIELD VARIOUS OF TEAM WARMING UP COACH JOACHIM LOW ON THE SIDELINES TEAM TRAINING MEDIA ON THE SIDELINES VARIOUS OF GERMAN TEAM TRAINING MEDIA AND CAMERAS ON THE SIDELINES
  • Embargoed: 12th July 2010 13:00
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  • Location: South Africa
  • Country: South Africa
  • Topics: Sports
  • Reuters ID: LVAEA275KJVV5XRSOV8AV5JN0HWA
  • Story Text: Germany trained at the Central University of Technology field in Bloemfontein, South Africa on Saturday (June 26) afternoon in preparation for their match against England in Sunday's (June 27) second round World Cup match.
    Sunday's clash will be their fifth meeting in the World Cup finals and their first since the then-West Germany beat England on penalties in the 1990 semi-finals.
    Powerhouse forward Miroslav Klose will be able to play on Sunday, after missing Germany's final group round match through suspension.
    Germany does have one serious injury concern going into Sunday's match, Bastian Schweinsteiger.
    The midfielder will only play if he is 100 percent fit, says coach Joachim Low, who describes Schweinsteiger as "the heart" of the team.
    Germany won the World Cup as West Germany three times (1954, 1974 and 1990), been runners-up three times (1982, 1986 and 2002).
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