Germany coach Joachim Loew announced his final World Cup squad of 23 players on Tuesday,leaving out Andreas Beck on the trip to South Africa.
Already without injured captain Michael Ballack and Heiko Westermann, Loew admitted he had to take tough decision ahead of submitting his final team.
Germany will begin their World Cup campaign on June 13 against Australia, and will also play Serbia, and Ghana.
Loew's squad will fly to South Africa on June 7 after a final warm-up game against Bosnia-Herzegovina on Thursday.
Squad:
Goalkeepers: Manuel Neuer (Schalke 04), Tim Wiese (Werder Bremen), Jorg Butt (Bayern Munich).
Defenders: Dennis Aogo (Hamburg), Holger Badstuber (Bayern Munich), Jerome Boateng (Hamburg), Arne Friedrich (Hertha Berlin), Marcell Jansen (Hamburg), Philipp Lahm (Bayern Munich), Per Mertesacker (Werder Bremen), Serdar Tasci (Stuttgart).
Midfielders: Sami Khedira (Stuttgart), Toni Kroos (Bayer Leverkusen), Marko Marin (Werder Bremen), Mesut Ozil (Werder Bremen), Bastian Schweinsteiger (Bayern Munich), Piotr Trochowski (Hamburg).
Strikers: Cacau (Stuttgart), Mario Gomez (Bayern Munich), Stefan Kiessling (Bayer Leverkusen), Miroslav Klose (Bayern Munich), Thomas Muller (Bayern Munich), Lukas Podolski (Cologne).
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