{"id":343889,"date":"2011-03-28T09:28:48","date_gmt":"2011-03-28T09:28:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/03\/28\/mesut-oezil-philipp-lahm-sami-khedira-excluded-from-germany-squad-to-take-on-australia\/"},"modified":"2011-03-28T09:28:48","modified_gmt":"2011-03-28T09:28:48","slug":"mesut-oezil-philipp-lahm-sami-khedira-excluded-from-germany-squad-to-take-on-australia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/28\/mesut-oezil-philipp-lahm-sami-khedira-excluded-from-germany-squad-to-take-on-australia\/","title":{"rendered":"Mesut Oezil, Philipp Lahm &#038; Sami Khedira Excluded From Germany Squad To Take On Australia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div> Germany internationals Mesut Oezil, Sami Khedira and Philipp Lahm have all been excused from the friendly international encounter with Australia in Moenchengladbach on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>The DFB (Germany football federation) made the announcement on their official website on Sunday and stated that the trio will not be part of Joachim Loew\u2019s squad for this week\u2019s match. All three started the 4-0 defeat of Kazakhstan in Euro 2012 Group A on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s also been revealed that it was agreed that midfielders Oezil and Khedira would be allowed to return to their club Real Madrid given their commitments in the Spanish Primera Division, Copa del Rey and the Champions League. The Blancos are in the running for all three competitions and the German duo have been very influential in their season so far.<\/p>\n<p>Bayern Munich captain Lahm has also been given permission to leave the camp.<\/p>\n<p>Germany are currently in pole position in Group A and have an eight-point advantage.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/201ed65bget.media_1672-150x90.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Follow this link:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/foreign.peacefmonline.com\/sports\/201103\/148419.php\" title=\"Mesut Oezil, Philipp Lahm &amp; Sami Khedira Excluded From Germany Squad To Take On Australia\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mesut Oezil, Philipp Lahm &amp; Sami Khedira Excluded From Germany Squad To Take On Australia<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> Germany internationals Mesut Oezil, Sami Khedira and Philipp Lahm have all been excused from the friendly international encounter with Australia in Moenchengladbach on Tuesday. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-343889","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-business"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Mesut Oezil, Philipp Lahm &amp; 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