The captain of the German national team Michael Ballack has not been invited to the national team for the European Championship qualifying tournament matches next month. Experienced footballer did not play in the World Cup due to injury and in the opinion of coach Joachim Low, he has not fully recovered yet. "We had a pleasant and sincere conversation," said the specialist. "Michael is recovering rapidly after three months of treatment, but now it is most important for him to find his game in the Bayer Leverkusen team." Goalkeepers: Manuel Neuer ("Schalke 04"), Rene Adler ("Bayer"), Tim Wiese ("Werder") Defenders: Holger Badstuber ("Bayern"), Marcell Jansen ("Hamburg"), Philipp Lahm ("Bayern"), Per Mertesacker ("Werder"), Sascha Riether ("Wolfsburg"), Heiko Westermann ("Hamburg") Midfielders: Sami Khedira (Real Madrid), Toni Kroos ("Bayern"), Marko Marin ("Werder"), Mesut Ozil ("Real"), Bastian Schweinsteiger ("Bayern"), Christian Trasch ("Stuttgart") Forwards: Cacau ("Stuttgart"), Mario Gomez ("Bayern"), Stefan Kiessling ("Bayer"), Miroslav Klose ("Bayern"), Thomas Muller ("Bayern"), Lukas Podolski ("Koln")
Ballack not invited to the German national team
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