Germany coach Joachim Loew opted not to call up Kevin Kuranyi for this year's World Cup, the German football federation said. The Brazilian-born striker was banned from representing his country for walking out of a World Cup qualifier against Russia in 2008. Loew stated at the time that as long as he's in charge of Germany, Kuranyi would never feature for three-time world champions. But the 50-year-old tactician stressed that he omitted the Schalke hitman only for technical reasons. "The disciplinary affair in October 2008 did not play a role for me," Germany coach Loew said in a statement. "It would not have posed a problem to give him another chance. "But in the discussions among the coaches, we came to the conclusion that we had a different idea of the World Cup squad in terms of tactics and players. "I told Kevin that today and I think he had a great season and is an outstanding professional." Germany will announce their provisional 30-man World Cup squad on May 6 and Loew will cut it down to 23 later.
