FIFA World cup 2010: Germany, Portugal, England, Uruguay Name Final Squad

All geared up for FIFA World Cup 2010. Just 8 days left for mega event to kick start. Stage is set and all teams are preparing for big battle.In due course many teams have named their final squad for the cup. On Tuesday Germany, England, Portugal and Uruguay named their final squad.Let’s have a look on the squad of following countries:

Germany: Germany faces a major blow when Michel Ballack was ruled out for World Cup due to injury last month. Making the situation worse Christian Traesch, and Heiko Westermann were also ruled out due to injury.SQUAD:

Goalkeepers: Manuel Neuer,Tim Wiese, Hans-Joerg Butt.

Defenders:Philipp Lahm,Dennis Aogo, Holger Badstuber, Jerome Boateng,Per Mertesacker, Serdar Tasci, Arne Friedrich.

Midfielders: Bastian Schweinsteiger,Sami Khedira,Piotr Trochwoski,Marko Marin,Mesut Ozil,Toni Kroos,Marcell Jansen.

Forwards: Cacau,Mario Gomez,Thomas Mueller,Miroslav Klose,Lukas Podolski, Stefan Kiessling.

Philipp Lahm has been named new captain.

Portugal: Many big name missing this time in Portuguese team.Squad:

Goalkeepers: Eduardo, Daniel Fernandes, Beto

Defenders: Miguel,Ricardo Costa, Paulo Ferreira, Ricardo Carvalho, Bruno Alves, Rolando, Pepe.

Midfielders: Fabio Coentrao, Duda, Pedro Mendes, Tiago, Deco, Raul Meireles, Miguel Veloso, Simao Sabrosa, Danny, Nani

Forwards: Cristiano Ronaldo, Liedson, Hugo Almeida.

Ronaldo, Deco and Raul will hold key for Portugal chances.

Uruguay: Jorge Martinez has been drop from final 23 man squad.Squad:

Goalkeepers: Fernando Muslera, Juan-Guillermo Castillo, Martin Silva.

Defenders: Diego Lugano, Diego Godin, Andres Scotti, Jorge Fucile, Martin Caceres, Mauricio Victorino, Maximiliano Pereira.

Midfielders: Walter Gargano, Egidio Arevalo-Rios, Sebastian Eguren, Diego Perez, Alvaro Pereira, Alvaro Fernandez, Ignacio Gonzalez, Nicolas Lodeiro.

Forwards:

Sebastian Fernandez, Luis Suarez, Diego Forlan, Edinson Cavani, Sebastian Abreu.

England: One of the favorite team to win this year world cup. Theo Walcott has been dropped for the final squad.Squad:

Goalkeepers: Robert Green, Joe Hart, David James.

Defenders: Rio Ferdinand, John Terry, Ashley Cole, Glen Johnson, Stephen Warnock, Jamie Carragher , Ledley King, Matthew Upson.

Midfielders: Steven Gerrard, Frank Lampard, Aaron Lennon, Shaun Wright, James Milner, Michael Carrick, Joe Cole, Gareth Barry.

Forwards: Wayne Rooney, Emile Heskey, Jermain Defoe, Peter Crouch.

England have many big names in their squad. Rooney, Crouch,Lampard, Terry. This make their statement more strong.

Can’t wait for World cup to get started. Sprite is sky high.