World Cup 2010: Uruguay - Germany Official Line-Ups - Philipp Lahm & Miroslov Klose Miss Out For Die Mannschaft

Lahm, Klose and Manuel Neuer will not feature for the Germans while Diego Forlan is set to start for Uruguay...

By Luis Mira

Arne Friedrich - Argentina-Germany - World Cup 2010 (Getty Images)
The official line-ups for the place play-off encounter between Germany and Uruguay in Cape Town have been announced.

Uruguay make a total of three changes to the starting XI that faced the Netherlands earlier this week, as Jorge Fucile, Diego Lugano and Luis Suarez have all been included.

Hans-Joerg Butt will start between the sticks for the Germans while Dennis Aogo has received the nod on the left side of the defence. Thomas Mueller and Marcell Jansen earn starting berths in midfield and Cacau upfront.

Uruguay:
Muslera, Lugano, Fucile, Caceres, Godin; Rios, Maxi Pereira, Perez; Forlan; Cavani, Suarez.

Germany:
Butt, Boateng, Friedrich, Mertesacker, Aogo; Jansen, Khedira, Schweinsteiger, Oezil, Mueller; Cacau.


 
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