watchonlinesportsfree.com Bayer Leverkusen midfielder Simon Rolfes has told Germany's national team coach Joachim Loew that he won't be available for this summer's World Cup due to a knee injury. The experienced holding midfielder sustained the knee injury back in January and has since been struggling to return to full match fitness. Rolfes has now thrown in the towel and accepted that he won't make it to South Africa. "I am satisfied with the way my recovery is going at the moment. However, there's little doubt that I won't be fully match fit in time for the World Cup," said Rolfes on the Bayer website. "It'll be very difficult for me to miss the World Cup. All I can do now is wish the lads all the best in South Africa." Rolfes' absence in South Africa is the second blow for Loew in the last 24 hours. He earlier found out that first choice shot stopper Rene Adler will also miss the World Cup due to injury. Background Football's creators didn't deem the World Cup a worthy enterprise before the Second World War and thus, what was a fairly advanced England side for its time didn't give itself a chance to pip Uruguay or Italy to the trophy. Ever since, England have made it to 12 of the 15 World Cups, but beyond the solitary victory in 1966, have only made it past the quarter-finals once, in 1990. A team of famous players, historically unable to adapt to the challenges posed by foreign territory and big-game tactical pressure. How They Qualified Fabio Capello, a tactical and ...
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