May 2012 ~ Soccer Reporter

GErmany Euro 2012 Squad

Cacau, Marc-Andre ter Stegen, Sven Bender and Julian Draxler have all been left out of Germany coach Joachim Low's final 23-man selection for Euro 2012.

Low announced his squad one day early today [Monday], with the quartet flying back to Germany immediately.

The Germany coach, who took a 27-man squad into two training camps in Sardinia and France, will explain his choices tomorrow [Tuesday] when he will be working with his final group in the build-up to their first match of the tournament against Portugal on June 9.

Stuttgart striker Cacau is a surprise exclusion as Low now takes only three forwards with him to Poland and Ukraine - Mario Gomez, Miroslav Klose and Lukas Podolski.

Final Germany squad for Euro 2012:

Manuel Neuer (Bayern Munich),

Tim Wiese (SV Werder Bremen),

Ron-Robert Zieler (Hannover 96),

Holger Badstuber (Bayern Munich),

Jerome Boateng (Bayern Munich),

Benedikt Howedes (FC Schalke 04),

Mats Hummels (Borussia Dortmund),

Marcel Schmelzer (Borussia Dortmund),

Philipp Lahm (Bayern Munich),

Per Mertesacker (Arsenal),

Lars Bender (Bayer 04 Leverkusen),

Toni Kroos (Bayern Munich),

Thomas Mueller (Bayern Munich),

Mesut Ozil (Real Madrid),

Sami Khedira (Real Madrid),

Marco Reus (VfL Borussia Monchengladbach),

Andre Schurrle (Bayer 04 Leverkusen),

Bastian Schweinsteiger (Bayern Munich),

Mario Gotze (Borussia Dortmund),

Ilkay Gundogan (Borussia Dortmund),

Miroslav Klose (Lazio),

Mario Gomez (Bayern Munich),

Lukas Podolski (Arsenel).

Euro 2012,The Final Squad : England

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England

There are no late surprises as Scott Parker, Danny Welbeck and Glen Johnson retained their places despite recent injury scares.

And Carroll, who struggled for large periods with Liverpool this season before rediscovering some form towards the back end of the season, was given the much sought-after number nine slot.

On Monday, Gareth Barry was ruled out of the tournament in Poland and Ukraine after suffering a tear to his lower abdomen in the 1-0 friendly win against Norway over the weekend.

Everton defender Phil Jagielka was called up as his replacement after manager Roy Hodgson said he would "re-configure" his squad should the Manchester City midfielder miss out.

John Ruddy was the only other casualty with the Norwich goalkeeper, who would have been third choice at the championship, being ruled out due to a broken finger and replaced by Birmingham rookie Jack Butland.

Final England squad for Euro 2012:

Joe Hart (Manchester City),