Germany boss Joachim Low insists he is not disrespecting England by giving starts to a number of fringe players at Wembley on Tuesday night.

Low has confirmed he will give an international debut to Borussia Dortmund’s 33-year-old goalkeeper Roman Weidenfeller, with Arsenal’s Per Mertesacker a definite starter in what the coach called an “extraordinary match.”

The likes of Mesut Ozil, Philipp Lahm and Manuel Neuer will all be rested. Marcel Schmelzer will replace 43-cap Marcel Jansen at left-back and Sven Bender should slot into midfield for Sami Khedira, who looks set to be out for up to six months after suffering a serious knee injury in Friday’s 1-1 draw with Italy.

But Low denied he was fielding a ‘B’ team:

“What better test for these upcoming players than to go out in front of that partisan 80,000 crowd cheering their own team on. I need to experiment a bit and send a few players home who are already established.

“It is a deliberate acid test, not a “B team”, and this is certainly no lack of respect to our hosts.

“In 2008 in Berlin, England played a team without Rooney, Lampard and Gerrard and beat us 2-1.”

Source: Sky Sports