Low named 26 men for a 12-day training camp in Mallorca, but three must leave the team before he hands his official squad list to UEFA by midday on Wednesday.

Tuesday's clash in Kaiserslautern is therefore the last chance several fringe players have to prove they deserve to keep their place.

And one of the squad's more experienced players, Miroslav Klose, has noticed an improvement in the whole squad.

"Everybody has put their foot down in training and we have worked even harder and are probably a step further than before the 2006 World Cup," the striker said.

"The coach is going to have a really hard decision and I would not like to be in his shoes."

Klose, who as the first-choice striker for Euro 2008 is not one of the players at risk of missing the cut, has advised his team-mates not to let the expectations get the better of them.

He said: "The lads are thinking too much about how other people perceive them."

Low has left six players behind at the training camp in Mallorca.

Tim Borowski and Arne Friedrich are still suffering from the flu while Rene Adler has bruised his hip and Mario Gomez has a calf strain.

Kevin Kuranyi and Simon Rolfes are being rested, but neither are likely to face the chop anyway.

Meanwhile, Michael Ballack flew directly from London to Kaiserslautern on Monday to join up with the squad, although the Germany captain may also be rested on Tuesday as Low tests the remaining 19 members of the team.

That will mean a debut for Borussia Monchengladbach winger Marko Marin and rare opportunities for Patrick Helmes, Jermaine Jones and David Odonkor, the four players who are most at risk of missing out on a place in Austria and Switzerland.

The national team will fly straight back to Mallorca after the match to complete their training camp.

On Friday, they will return for their final warm-up fixture against Serbia in Gelsenkirchen before transferring to their base in Locarno, Switzerland, ahead of their first Euro 2008 fixture against Poland on June 8.

Opponents Belarus finished a distant fourth in qualifying Group G with Romania and Holland progressing from their pool.

They could provide a tough test for Germany, though, having beaten the Dutch 2-1 in their final group match last November.