Ballack to miss out again for Germany
(Reuters)
Updated: 2005-10-09 21:22

Germany will be without captain Michael Ballack again on Wednesday when they play China in a friendly international in Hamburg.

Ballack missed Saturday's 2-1 defeat by Turkey in Istanbul after coming down with flu and his recovery has been slower than expected.

Coach Juergen Klinsmann has further injury worries after midfielder Bernd Schneider and defenders Marcell Jansen and Lukas Sinkiewicz all missed training in Istanbul on Sunday.

Striker Miroslav Klose, fit again after his bout of flu, is due to meet up with the squad when they fly back into Hamburg late on Sunday.