Germany v Sweden - Starting Line-Ups - No Major Changes for Klinsmann - Jonson Replaces Allback for Lagerback

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Germany v Sweden - Starting Line-Ups - No Major Changes for Klinsmann - Jonson Replaces Allback for Lagerback

Submitted by Pavlos Skoufis on Sat, 24/06/2006 - 15:19.

Full starting line-ups for the opening match of the knockout stages between Germany and Sweden. Both teams go into the match without injury worries, although it remains to be seen if Zlatan Ibrahimovic has fully recovered from his injury.

Both teams will seek a goal in the first few minutes of the match, as nothing can be taken for granted. Some consider Sweden as the underdogs in the match, as Germany will have the full support by it's fans.

Germany's coach Jurgen Klinsmann relies much on the players who were in the starting line-up in the group stage matches. Mattias Jonson comes into the starting lineup, replacing Marcus Allback for Sweden's coach Lars Lagerback.

GERMANY

SWEDEN


1. LEHMANN Jens	1. ISAKSSON Andreas
3. FRIEDRICH Arne	(C) 3. MELLBERG Olof
7. SCHWEINSTEIGER Bastian	4. LUCIC Teddy
8. FRINGS Torsten	5. EDMAN Erik
11. KLOSE Miroslav	6. LINDEROTH Tobias
13. BALLACK Michael (C)	7. ALEXANDERSSON Niclas
16. LAHM Philipp	9. LJUNGBERG Fredrik
17. MERTESACKER Per	10. IBRAHIMOVIC Zlatan
19. SCHNEIDER Bernd	11. LARSSON Henrik
20. PODOLSKI Lukas	16. KALLSTROM Kim
21. METZELDER Christoph	18. JONSON Mattias

Substitutes


12. KAHN Oliver	12. ALVBAGE John
23. HILDEBRAND Timo	23. SHAABAN Rami
2. JANSEN Marcell	2. NILSSON Mikael
4. HUTH Robert	8. SVENSSON Anders
5. KEHL Sebastian	13. HANSSON Petter
6. NOWOTNY Jens	14. STENMAN Fredrik
9. HANKE Mike	15. SVENSSON Karl
10. NEUVILLE Oliver	17. ELMANDER Johan
14. ASAMOAH Gerald	19. ANDERSSON Daniel
15. HITZLSPERGER Thomas	20. ALLBACK Marcus
18. BOROWSKI Tim	21. WILHELMSSON Christian
22. ODONKOR David	22. ROSENBERG Markus