Joachim Löw calls-up Westermann as Bender twins and Reus pull out due to injury!

Germany coach Joachim Löw has named defender Heiko Westermann as a replacement after the Bender twins, Lars and Sven, followed by Marco Reus also pulled out of Germany’s final 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifiers against Ireland (October 11) in Cologne and away to Sweden (October 15) in Stockholm.

The trio join strikers Miroslav Klose (Lazio Roma) and Mario Gomez (AC Fiorentina), besides Ilkay Gündogan (Borussia Dortmund), Lukas Podolski (FC Arsenal) and Marcel Schmelzer (Borussia Dortmund) on the already long German injury list.

Germany just need one win out of the two matches to ensure their passage to Brazil next year.

GERMANY

GoalkeepersRené Adler (Hamburger SV), Manuel Neuer (FC Bayern München), Ron-Robert Zieler (Hannover 96)

DefendersJérôme Boateng (FC Bayern München), Benedikt Höwedes (FC Schalke 04), Mats Hummels (Borussia Dortmund), Marcell Jansen (Hamburger SV), Philip Lahm (FC Bayern München), Per Mertesacker (FC Arsenal), Heiko Westermann (Hamburger SV)

MidfieldersJulian Draxler (FC Schalke 04), Mario Götze (FC Bayern München), Sami Khedira (Real Madrid), Toni Kroos (FC Bayern München), Thomas Müller (FC Bayern München), Mesut Özil (Real Madrid), Sidney Sam (Bayer 04 Leverkusen), André Schürrle (Chelsea London), Bastian Schweinsteiger (FC Bayern München)

ForwardsMax Kruse (Borussia Mönchengladbach)