Michael Ballack Suffers Broken Nose

Bayer Leverkusen have received a blow ahead of their Champions League fixture with Valencia on Tuesday, as Michael Ballack is a major doubt due to a broken nose.

The veteran midfielder scored the only goal of the game in the BayArena side's 1-0 away win over Freiburg on Friday night, but was replaced on the 65th minute mark after picking up the injury. Goal.com Germany state that a report from the University Hospital in Freiburg confirms that the ex-Chelsea man's nose is broken, and that he did not return to the Leverkusen team hotel until 01.30CET on Saturday morning.

Germany - Perfect Record of 10 Wins

Germany coach Joachim Low was pleased with his side's 3-1 win over Belgium, which completed a perfect record of 10 wins out of 10 in qualifying for Euro 2012. Having already qualified for next summer's championships in style, Germany could have been forgiven for taking it easy in Dusseldorf tonight.

But there was no evidence of that as they tore the Belgians apart with another impressive victory, much to Low's satisfaction. "It was important that we finished it off like this, simply to show that the Germans never let up," he told reporters.

The German National soccer team poses for a group picture before their Euro 2012 qualifying Group A soccer match against Belgium in Duesseldorf October 11, 2011.