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Belarus fightback jolts Germany

Tue 27 May, 11:00 PM


Germany blew a two-goal lead to draw 2-2 with Belarus in their penultimate Euro 2008 warm-up friendly on Tuesday night.The result leaves coach Joachim Low with much to ponder as he must trim his current 26-man squad down to a final 23 for Austria and Switzerland by midday on Wednesday.

Miroslav Klose, a player guaranteed to make the final cut, put Germany ahead in the 10th minute while an own goal from Vladimir Korytko doubled their advantage 10 minutes later.

Vitali Bulyga reduced the arrears after an hour and grabbed an equaliser for battling Belarus two minutes from time.

Jens Lehmann kept goal in a team featuring captain Michael Ballack, who joined up with the squad on Monday.

Arsenal's Alexander Hleb started for Belarus.

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