The result leaves coach Joachim Low with much to ponder as he must trim his current 26-man squad down to a final 23 for Austria and Switzerland by midday tomorrow.

Miroslav Klose, a player guaranteed to make the final cut, put Germany ahead in the 10th minute while an own goal from Vladimir Korytko doubled their advantage 10 minutes later.

Vitali Bulyga reduced the arrears after an hour and grabbed an equaliser for battling Belarus two minutes from time.

Jens Lehmann kept goal in a team featuring captain Michael Ballack, who joined up with the squad yesterday.

Arsenal's Alexander Hleb started for Belarus.

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Euro 2008 co-hosts Austria drew 1-1 with Nigeria in Graz.

Roman Kienast struck after 13 minutes with a low shot from 18 yards after Roland Linz had backheeled the ball into his path.

Nigeria were level six minutes later when Kalu Uche exchanged passes with Ayegbeni Yakubu before scoring from the edge of the area.

Poland's preparations continued with a narrow 1-0 win against Albania in Germany.

Coach Leo Beenhakker fielded something approaching his strongest team and watched on as former Celtic striker Maciej Zurawski grabbed the only goal of the game inside the first five minutes.

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