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Booking a ticket to Brazil

Dave RaishOctober 11, 2013

Germany are looking to secure a place at next summer's World Cup in Brazil against Ireland. A win would book their ticket to South America.

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WM-Qualifikation, Europa-Gruppe C: Deutschland - Irland am 11.10.2013 im RheinEnergieStadion in Köln (Nordrhein-Westfalen). Deutschlands Mesut Özil (l) und Irlands Marc Wilson kämpfen um den Ball. Foto: Rolf Vennenbernd/dpa
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Germany's World Cup qualifier against the Republic of Ireland is under way in Cologne. A win would assure Germany qualification to next summer's tournament, but a draw could be enough assuming other results in Group C go their way.

The match also marks the 50th cap for playmaking midfielder Mesut Özil, and the 99th cap for Bastian Schweinsteiger.

With Mario Gomez and Miroslav Klose out injured, coach Joachim Löw has opted to go with a less-traditional attacking lineup that features Thomas Müller, Mesut Özil and Andre Schürrle up front.

Manuel Neuer - Philipp Lahm (c.), Jerome Boateng, Per Mertesacker, Marcell Jansen - Bastian Schweinsteiger, Sami Khedira, Toni Kroos - Thomas Müller, Mesut Özil, Andre Schürrle.

Ireland 11:

David Forde - Damien Delaney, Stephen Kelly, Ciaran Clark, Marc Wilson - James McCarthy, Seamus Coleman, Darren Gibson, glenn Whelan - Anthony Stokes, Kevin Doyle

Make sure to follow DW's live coverage of the match on Twitter @DW_sports

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Sidney Sam (Bayer Leverkusen) and Max Kruse (Borussia Mönchengladbach) in German national dress Starting lineup of team Germany during the international friendly soccer match between Germany and Ecuador at FAU stadium in Boca Raton, Florida, USA, 29 May 2013. Rear, L-R: Lukas Podolski, Roman Neustädter, Heiko Westermann, Per Mertesacker, Benedikt Höwedes and Rene Adler. Front, L-R: Marcell Jansen, Lars Bender, Sydney Sam, Max Kruse and Julian Draxler. Photo: Thomas Eisenhuth/dpa +++(c) dpa - Bildfunk+++

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