REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, MUENCHEN -- Pelatih Timnas Jerman, Joachim Loew, mengumumkan skuat provisional berisi 30 pemain yang dipersiapkan untuk Piala Dunia 2014. Loew memutuskan memanggil gelandang Real Madrid, Sami Khedira, meskipun yang bersangkutan musim ini lama dibekap cedera.
Loew memutuskan membawa top skorer Jerman sepanjang masa, Miroslav Klose, meskipun striker Lazio itu juga kerap dihantui cedera musim ini. Namun Loew memutuskan tak membawa striker Fiorentina, Mario Gomez, dan gelandang Borussia Dortmund, Ilkay Gundogan.
Skuat sementara Jerman
Kiper: Manuel Neuer (Bayern Munich), Roman Weidenfeller (Borussia Dortmund), Ron-Robert Zieler (Hannover).
Bek: Jerome Boateng (Bayern Munich), Erik Durm (Borussia Dortmund), Kevin Grosskreutz (Borussia Dortmund), Benedikt Howedes (Schalke), Mats Hummels (Borussia Dortmund), Marcell Jansen (Hamburg), Philipp Lahm (Bayern Munich), Per Mertesacker (Arsenal), Shkodran Mustafi (Sampdoria), Marcel Schmelzer (Borussia Dortmund).
Gelandang: Lars Bender (Bayer Leverkusen), Julian Draxler (Schalke), Mario Gotze (Bayern Munich), Leon Goretzka (Schalke), Andre Hahn (Augsburg), Sami Khedira (Real Madrid), Toni Kroos (Bayern Munich), Maximilian Meyer (Schalke), Mesut Oezil (Arsenal), Bastian Schweinsteiger (Bayern Munich), Matthias Ginter (Freiburg).
Penyerang: Thomas Muller (Bayern Munich), Lukas Podolski (Arsenal), Marco Reus (Borussia Dortmund), Andre Schurrle (Chelsea), Miroslav Klose (Lazio), Kevin Volland (Hoffenheim).