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Vogts eyes Germany windfall

Vogts, who won the 1996 European championship during an eight-year reign as Germany coach, will face another German coach after Bernd Storck's Kazakhstan were also drawn in Group A along with Austria, Turkey and Belgium.

"We're very happy with the outcome," former Scotland and Nigeria coach Vogts told reporters.

"We will receive lots of money thanks to the game against Germany, and that means we can build more stadiums and invest in youth development.

"We're happy to be playing against Germany, from whom we can learn a lot and who will let us play. We know we must improve although we're on the right path."

"For us and especially for me, (it is) a real highlight to play against Germany with Kazakhstan," he said.

"It's equally good to play against Azerbaijan and to meet former Germany coach Berti Vogts in the duel of the outsiders."

"Logically, it's not completely simple against Kazakhstan and Azerbaijan," he said.

"It's a German-speaking group with a lot of German coaches. Naturally, Germany and Turkey are the favourites."

Low's contract runs until the end of the World Cup in July and the German FA said negotiations would resume only after the finals in South Africa.

"If we repeat the quality we showed in the two games against Denmark in World Cup qualifying, then we will be on the right track to guarantee qualification for the Euro," Queiroz told reporters.

"We are satisfied that we are in a group of five teams. We will have less worries about complicated trips."

"We're also satisfied with the opponents we will meet," added Queiroz.

"They represent different styles but which we have information on."

"This is do-able," he said. "Romania are a tough side. As for Bosnia, it's going to be weird to meet again with (Bosnia coach