Jerome Boateng has been dropped from the Germany starting lineup for this evening's group encounter against Denmark.

The Bayern Munich defender has been replaced by the versatile Lars Bender.

Meanwhile, Danish winger Dennis Rommedahl has failed to recover from a hamstring injury in time for the match.

Denmark: Andersen; Jacobsen, Agger, Kjaer, S. Poulsen; Zimling, Kvist, J. Poulsen, Eriksen, Krohn-Dehli; Bendtner

Germany: Neuer; Bender, Badstuber, Hummels, Lahm; Khedira, Schweinsteiger, Muller, Ozil, Podolski; Gomez