Germany coach Joachim Loew stuck with the young team that pounded Australia 4-0 when he named his line-up for Friday's Group D encounter with Serbia at the Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium.

Subotic will be filling in for Aleksandar Lukovic, who was tossed out of Serbia’s 1-0 loss to Ghana for a handball infraction.

Defenders Neven Subotic and Aleksandar Kolarov were left out of the Serbia team for their decisive World Cup Group D match with Australia at the Mbombela Stadium here on Wednesday.

PORT ELIZABETH, South Africa (AP) -- Serbia central defender Neven Subotic, who played for U.S. youth national teams, will start for the suspended Aleksandar Lukovic against Germany on Friday in the W ...

Serbia, Branislav Ivanovic, 18th; Aleksandar Kolarov, 19th; Neven Subotic, 57th; Nemanja Vidic, 60th. Red Card-Germany, Miroslav Klose, 37th. Offsides-Germany 3, Serbia 3.

Serbia made two changes in defense, with Lukovic replacing Neven Subotic and Ivan Obradovic replacing Aleksandar Kolarov. Serbia will advance with a victory and may reach the second stage with a draw.