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MARSEILLE, France -- Germany captain Bastian Schweinsteiger will lead his side against France in Thursdays European Championship semifinal in Marseille after recovering from a knock to his injury-prone right knee.Schweinsteiger will definitely start, Germany coach Joachim Loew said on Wednesday. He has the physical conditioning and strength to play from the beginning. His experience is hugely important in such a cauldron.The 31-year-old Schweinsteiger strained a ligament in his knee in Saturdays quarterfinal win over Italy, but came through Wednesdays training session in Evian-les-Bains without any problems, before the squad left its tournament base for Marseille.He was able to do everything in the final training session today without any complaints at all. Hes cured the injury, Loew said.Borussia Dortmunds Julian Weigl or Liverpools Emre Can had been prepared to step in for their tournament debuts if Schweinsteiger couldnt make it, but they might yet feature from the bench.If he isnt quite fit enough we have a lot of options to substitute him, Loew said.Defender Benedikt Hoewedes also trained Wednesday after sitting out the previous days session.I definitely wont play any player who isnt 100 per cent fit, Loew had warned on Monday.Germany will certainly be without striker Mario Gomez and midfielder Sami Khedira through injury, and defender Mats Hummels, who is suspended.Its not easy for us to replace these three players. Thats why Bastian is important for us with his experience, Loew said.Gomez is out for the rest of the tournament after tearing a muscle in his right thigh in the win over Italy, while Khedira faces a race against time to be fit for a possible final appearance with a left groin injury from the same game.Despite the absences, Germany forward Thomas Mueller believes the side has more than enough strength in depth to be able to compensate, and that it has nothing to fear against France.Fear has no place in the team, Mueller said. Of course France didnt reach the semifinal through luck, but because they have a lot of class. We have respect, but Im always optimistic that well find solutions, even when we have absences. I dont think weve ever been as well-covered with the players waiting to come in.Germany is bidding to follow its World Cup win with its fourth European title and its first since 1996. The side embarrassed host Brazil 7-1 in the World Cup semifinal two years ago but Mueller didnt see any parallels between the games despite facing the hosts again at the same stage.If there are parallels, itll be good for us. But Im not going to say that were going to win 7-1. That would be too much, Mueller said.France are under a bit of pressure because theyre hosts. They know theyre playing against an excellent Germany team. France-Germany, they were two of the favorites already beforehand. And now they meet in the semifinal. You dont have many better football games. Keegan Rosenberry Jersey . Jon Montgomerys gold medal in skeleton at the Whistler Sliding Centre and his subsequent auctioning off of a pitcher of beer in the village square elevated him to folk-hero status. Djordje Mihailovic Jersey . Then the Pacers gave Oladipo and his Orlando teammates the cold shoulder. 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Adam Reynolds will press his claims for a Kangaroos call-up over the final month of the NRL season, starting with a head-to-head clash with Kiwis star Shaun Johnson this weekend.The South Sydney halfback broke through for representative honours this season in playing for NSW in State of Origin I and II.A shoulder injury ruled him out of the Blues win in Origin III, but the 2014 premiership winner has sufficiently recovered from that to make a concerted push for international representation over the final four games of the regular season.And with Souths out of the finals reckoning a call-up to Mal Meningas side for the end of season tournament, in what would be his Australian debut, is a focus.It would be nice, Reynolds said.The shoulder is all good. The body is feeling reeally good at the moment.ddddddddddddI am in good shape for the last month of the season.The injury is where it needs to be. It is in the past, I have got through a few games, the confidence is there.Souths travel to Auckland to face the eighth-placed Warriors on Saturday in round 23.Reynolds knows a good performance against Warriors playmaker and Kiwis ace Johnson will enhance his claims for a spot on the Kangaroo tour.He is a great player. He has won the golden boot. There is an aura about him, he said.Like the rest of the Warriors he is playing with a lot of confidence at the moment.They are a big physical side so we need to be on our game. ' ' '