LONDON - While the other 15 teams set to compete at this year's Euro 2012 Championship in Poland and the Ukraine have mostly settled squads, England are without a full-time coach, a permanent captain or much idea what their final squad will look like.

Under-21 coach Stuart Pearce will lead a blend of experienced and new players in a friendly against the Netherlands at Wembley for what could be his only game in charge of the national team.

The more settled contenders will be using tomorrow's matches to gather their squads and test out some ideas, though few coaches will be too concerned by defeat in a full programme of friendly internationals.

While fans and players from all sides will as usual be hoping for a morale-boosting victory, Germany coach Joachim Loew is among those who feels the result is unimportant with the tournament just four months away.

Germany take on France in a meeting of heavyweights and defending champions Spain play Venezuela, while the Netherlands head to England and Italy host the United States.

Loew said the hard work has already been done, with the match in Bremen a chance to tweak things. He pointed out that Germany finished third at the 2006 and 2010 World Cups despite losing to Italy and Argentina in the respective build-ups.

Midfielder Bastian Schweinsteiger, playmaker Mario Goetze, striker Lukas Podolski and defender Per Mertesacker are all out injured, but Loew resisted the urge to call up any new players.

Lars Bender staked a claim for a starting place by scoring twice in Bayer Leverkusen's 2-0 win at Cologne in the Rhine derby on Saturday. He was called up alongside twin brother Sven Bender for the first time.

Podolski played for Cologne but Loew had already decided on his squad.

Tomorrow's friendly in Malaga will be Spain's last before coach Vicente del Bosque names his Euro 2012 squad in May.

It will also be Spain's first without striker Fernando Torres in more than five years.

Fernando Llorente and Roberto Soldado could both play and both have a shot at being Spain's starting striker.

Soldado's strong season for Valencia - his 12 goals seeing them to third place in the Spanish league standings - earned him his first selection in more than five years, while young Bilbao forward Iker Muniain is in the senior squad for the first time.

Italy are without top forwards Giuseppe Rossi and Antonio Cassano - both out with long-term injuries - but coach Cesare Prandelli still left Mario Balotelli out of the game against the US because of his hot temper and unpredictability.

Udinese striker Antonio Di Natale could be chosen to spearhead the attack against the Americans.