With a five-hour time difference between Germany and Kazakhstan, the team have been advised not to change their watches to local time once they arrive but instead stick with German time so as not to interrupt their rhythm on such a short trip.
"We have a five-hour time difference and that normally needs about five days to adapt," said team doctor Tim Meyer. "We do not have that time and we have to go straight back to German time.
"Our clocks will be on German time, and the schedule with things like eating and sleeping also on German time. We have a kick-off which is good for German time but it is midnight in Kazakhstan.
"We will not check everyone's watches but we advise them to do it and expect them to do it. You can do it for a day or two." Meyer told reporters.
The plan means the Germans will have a late training session in Astana on Thursday. "The schedule then will be like we have after an afternoon training at 18:00 in Germany," team spokesman Jens Grittner told reporters. "Then sleep at 04:00 which is 23:00 in Germany."
"It will not be an easy game. The Kazakhs will go way back like a handball team and it is really hard to get through it," Schweinsteiger told reporters.
"We need solutions and maybe try to get an early goal. Otherwise it might not be as easy as some have predicted," Schweinsteiger said.
"It is not that I will die sooner if I don't win a title. What I want is to qualify for Brazil and then play our best football. But it is not always the team that plays the most beautiful football, it is the one that scores a goal more."
