Germans suffer late blow with Khedira out | Inquirer Sports

Germans suffer late blow with Khedira out

/ 03:24 AM July 14, 2014

Lena Gercke, the girlfriend of Germany’s Sami Khedira, waits for the start of the World Cup final soccer match between Germany and Argentina at the Maracana Stadium in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Sunday, July 13, 2014. A calf injury forced Khedira to withdraw from the World Cup final with Argentina after suffering the injury in the warm-up on Sunday. AP PHOTO/MATTHIAS SCHRADER

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil–A calf injury forced Sami Khedira to withdraw from the World Cup final with Argentina after suffering the injury in the warm-up on Sunday.

Christoph Kramer comes in for the Real Madrid star in what will be the 23-year-old’s fifth cap but first start in a competitive match.

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Argentina kept Real Madrid winger Angel di Maria on the substitutes’ bench in their lineup for the game.

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Germany

Manuel Neuer; Philipp Lahm (capt), Jerome Boateng, Mats Hummels, Benedikt Hoewedes; Bastian Schweinsteiger, Christoph Kramer; Thomas Mueller, Toni Kroos, Mesut Ozil; Miroslav Klose

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Coach: Joachim Loew (GER)

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Argentina

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Sergio Romero; Pablo Zabaleta, Martin Demichelis, Ezequiel Garay, Marcos Rojo; Lucas Biglia, Javier Mascherano, Enzo Perez; Gonzalo Higuain, Lionel Messi (capt), Ezequiel Lavezzi

Coach: Alejandro Sabella (ARG)

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Referee: Nicola Rizzoli (ITA)

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TAGS: 2014 fifa world cup, Argentina, Brazil, Fifa, Football, Germany, Sami Khedira, Sports

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