Dortmund: Following a 2-4 defeat against Argentina, Germany manager Joachim Loew expects Jerome Boateng's return to help the world champions improve in their first European Championship qualifying match against Scotland today.


Germany's coach Joachim Loew (in black) talks with his players during a training session in Dortmund on Saturday ahead of the Euro 2016 qualifier against Scotland. Pic/AFP 

In the absence of Boateng, the German back line was cut open regularly in the friendly defeat by World Cup runners-up Argentina in Duesseldorf on Wednesday.