SOUTH AFRICA: FOOTBALL / SOCCER - WORLD CUP 2010 - Germany coach Joachim Loew misses training with a flu virus as his team prepares for their World Cup third place playoff against Uruguay

Record ID: 456004

  • Title: SOUTH AFRICA: FOOTBALL / SOCCER - WORLD CUP 2010 - Germany coach Joachim Loew misses training with a flu virus as his team prepares for their World Cup third place playoff against Uruguay
  • Date: 10th July 2010
  • Summary: ERASMIA, NEAR PRETORIA, SOUTH AFRICA (JULY 9, 2010) (REUTERS) TEAM-CIRCLE AT SUPER STADIUM, ATTERIDGEVILLE PAN FROM BALL OVER LEGS OF BASTIAN SCHWEINSTEIGER CAMERAMAN GERMAN PLAYERS WITH BALL THOMAS MUELLER HAVING HIS EAR TUGGED BY OTHER PLAYERS PLAYERS TRAINING WITH BALL THOMAS MUELLER WITH BALL MIDFIELDER MESUT OEZIL WITH BALL GOALKEEPER JOERG BUTT TRAINING WITH BALL VARIOUS PAN OVER PLAYERS WARMING UP CAMERAMAN MESUT OEZIL AND PHILIPP LAHM WARMING UP GOALKEEPER MANUEL NEUER AT TRAINING PAN OVER STADIUM BASTIAN SCHWEINSTEIGER WITH BALL VARIOUS THOMAS MULLER DEFENDER DENNIS AOGO MEDICAL DEPARTMENT OF GERMAN SQUAD AT PLAYGROUND PLAYERS GOING INTO A HUDDLE WIDE VIEW OF TRAINING
  • Embargoed: 25th July 2010 13:00
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  • Location: South Africa
  • Country: South Africa
  • Topics: Sports
  • Reuters ID: LVA932SGM9IIOHSAKWMPJ05V6CRB
  • Story Text: Germany coach Joachim Loew was forced to skip training and stay in bed on Friday (July 9), a day before his team's third place playoff against Uruguay, after coming down with a flu virus, the team said.
    Loew, whose future as Germany coach will be decided after the World Cup, will, however, travel to Port Elizabeth, South Africa with the team for Saturday's (July 10) match.
    Captain Philipp Lahm, Lukas Podolski, Miroslav Klose and second choice keeper Tim Wiese were also missing from the training session at Atteridgeville near Pretoria, recovering from minor injuries. Thomas Mueller, who was suspended for Germany's 1-0 defeat to Spain in their semi-final on Wednesday (July 7), will be expected to return for the match against Uruguay.
    Mueller was named by FIFA on Friday as one of the three candidates for the World Cup Young Player Award. Andre Ayew from Ghana and Mexico's Giovani Dos Santos were the other two.
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