Cardiff, Wales - Germany coach Joachim Loew will keep faith with luckless striker Mario Gomez against a Wales side he believes will have to attack in a Group 4 World Cup qualifier on Wednesday.

The fact that Wales were beaten 2-0 at home by Finland on Saturday means John Toshack's side will have to go for victory in the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff, Loew believes.

That could give the German side more room up front - and might help Gomez in his search for a goal - as they seek the three points which will put them even closer to World Cup qualification.

Leipzig, Germany - Robert Enke will earn his fifth cap for Germany in goal in Saturday's World Cup qualifier against Liechtenstein in Leipzig, coach Joachim Loew said Thursday.

The 31-year-old Hanover keeper returned to the squad after breaking his thumb last autumn. His last match for Germany was the 3-3 draw against Group 4 opponents Finland in Helsinki on September 10.

VfB Stuttgart striker Mario Gomez will also start the game up front, Loew confirmed.

Leipzig, Germany  - Germany coach Joachim Loew tested the fitness of his players and called for all-round improvement Tuesday ahead of World Cup qualifiers.

The tests in Leipzig come after two home defeats to England and Norway and some 18 months after the Germany squad took part in a similar fitness check.

"This is a stocktaking a year before the World Cup in South Africa," Loew said of the tests which among other things included sprint, stamina and reaction checks.

Hamburg - Germany coach Joachim Loew said he would not be giving Werder Bremen midfielder Mesut Ozil a first international cap in order to head off an approach from Turkey.

"We don't do that sort of thing. There will be no promises from us," Loew told Deutsche Presse-Agentur dpa on Monday.

It follows an interview by the Germany under-21 player with Turkish parents in which he said he would consider playing for Turkey should he be approached by national team coach Fatih Terim.

Hamburg  - Germany coach Joachim Loew has admitted to dissenting voices in the national team squad but still feels the Euro 2008 finalists can look back "positively overall" on the year.

Apart from the run to the final in the summer, where they lost 1-0 to Spain, Loew also pointed to his side's confident start to the 2010 World Cup qualifying campaign, where Germany top Group 4 with 10 points from four games.

Hamburg - Germany coach Joachim Loew appears set to meet Torsten Frings on Tuesday in order to resolve another national team conflict after making peace with captain Michael Ballack.

Kicker sports magazine said that Loew wanted to meet Frings around Werder Bremen's Champions League match with Greek club Panathinaikos. The German football federation (DFB) only confirmed that the meeting was due this week.