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Originally Posted by Locke

The provisional Germany squad for South Africa 2010 is:
Goalkeepers: Hans-Jorg Butt, Manuel Neuer, Tim Wiese

Defenders: Per Mertesacker, Heiko Westermann, Philipp Lahm, Jerome Boateng, Andrea Beck, Arne Friedrich, Serdar Tasci, Marcell Jansen, Holger Badstuber, Dennis Aogo.

Midfielders: Michael Ballack, Sami Khedira, Piotr Trochowski, Marko Marin, Bastian Schweinsteiger, Christian Trasch, Mesut Ozil, Toni Kroos.

Forwards: Lukas Podolski, Miroslav Klose, Stefan Kiessling, Cacau, Thomas Muller, Mario Gomez.

Looks pretty good, other than the fact that I hate Mario Gomez!

That is a very strong team, they are being overlooked a bit but they have a good team and a pretty good draw

if they win their group which they should they most likely play one of the US/Slovenia, after that it gets a little harder (Argentina potentially) but its a nice run in to the quarters if they win their group

I think Ozil is going to have a big coming out party as well, good chance to be the young star of the tournament