Sami Khedira and Serdar Tasci called up by Germany

The 20 year old VfB Stuttgart youngsters- Sami Khedira and Serdar Tasci have been called up by the German trainer Joachim Löw for next Wednesday’s game at Wimbley Stadium against England. These talented players have been included in the German squad by the national coach for the first time to fill the shortage of a number of missing players in the team such as Michael Ballack, Tim Borowski, Mario Gomez as well as Torsten Frings. The Stuttgard duo are newcomers in Joachim Löw's squad. Defender Serdar Tasci has played 27 games for the Bundesliga champions, scoring twice, whereas midfielder Khedira has scored five goals in 23 league outings. In addition to Khedira and Tasci, keepers Timo Hildebrand and Jens Lehmann, along with Real Madrid’s Christoph Metzelder are also in. Four other players that have been chosen for the squad are Marcell Jansen, Philipp Lahm, Miroslav Klose and Bastian Schweinsteiger.

Germany which leads Group D with 19 points will take over England that is fourth in Group E with 14 points on Aug. 22, 2007. Their next Euro 2008 qualifier match is against Wales on Sept. 8.

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