Michael Ballack has been ousted from the Germany camp after a massive rift with captain Philipp Lahm.
The crocked ex-Chelsea star faces a bleak international future after Lahm insisted he will not give up the captain's armband next season.
Boss Joachim Low, preparing his side for Wednesday’s World Cup semi-final against Spain, revealed Ballack was asked to leave as team doctors did not have time to treat his ankle injury.
The midfielder will not be present for the showdown in Durban to decide who faces Holland in Sunday's final.
Ballack, 33, joined up with the German squad last week to act as a cheerleader.
But his presence has caused tensions in a group who have done brilliantly without him.
Lahm piled on the pain by insisting: "I won't give back the armband to Ballack. They will have to take it off me."
The crocked ex-Chelsea star faces a bleak international future after Lahm insisted he will not give up the captain's armband next season.
Boss Joachim Low, preparing his side for Wednesday’s World Cup semi-final against Spain, revealed Ballack was asked to leave as team doctors did not have time to treat his ankle injury.
The midfielder will not be present for the showdown in Durban to decide who faces Holland in Sunday's final.
Ballack, 33, joined up with the German squad last week to act as a cheerleader.
But his presence has caused tensions in a group who have done brilliantly without him.
Lahm piled on the pain by insisting: "I won't give back the armband to Ballack. They will have to take it off me."
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