Beck dropped from Germany squad

Germany's 27-man preliminary squad was reduced to just 24 players when captain Michael Ballack, fellow midfielder Christian Traesch and versatile defender Heiko Westermann were ruled out of the June 11-July 11 tournament with injuries.

Low declined to call up other players to replace them and decided to cut just one player for his final 23-man squad ahead of the June 11-July 11 tournament in South Africa.

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