World Cup winners Germany resume their qualifying campaign for Euro 2016 with a trip to Georgia on Sunday and Lukas Podolski was delighted to be back with his international team-mates at training on Monday . Striker Podolski , who is on loan at Inter Milan from Arsenal , uploaded an image to Instagram alongside Bastian Schweinsteiger and Holger Badstuber , who has returned to the international fold after recovering from a long term thigh injury . 'Happy reunion with DFB mates - even better with Holger being back ! ' Podolski wrote alongside the picture of the trio . Joachim Loew ( centre ) watches on as his players undergo a passing exercise in training on Monday . Lukas Podolski ( left ) poses with Holger Badstuber ( centre ) and Bastian Schweinsteiger of Germany . Germany have begun preparations for a friendly against Australia and a qualifier away to Georgia . Germany manager Joachim Loew ( fourth right ) talks to his side ahead of the start of training on Monday . Germany have struggled to take their imperious World Cup form into qualifying for France 2016 . Joachim Loew 's side are currently second in Group D with seven points from four games . Rivals Poland are the early pacesetters on 10 points . But before Loew 's team aim for three points against Georgia , they will take on Australia in a friendly , which promises to be a challenging fixture with the Socceroos riding the crest of a wave after their Asian Cup triumph in January . Oliver Bierhoff , first team caretaker for Germany , wants his team to return to their best over the course of the two matches . 'The aim is to qualify comfortably for the Euros , ' Bierhoff said . 'We want to finish top of the group . The game against Australia will allow us to regain our momentum . 'The aim is to win in Georgia , even thought it might be awkward playing against a supposedly small opposition . ' Mesut Ozil ( left ) of Arsenal and Sami Khedira of Real Madrid pictured training for Germany on Monday . Khedira ( left ) and Ozil warm up ahead of Germany 's preparations for Australia on Wednesday . Oliver Bierhoff ( right ) wants Germany to rediscover their form from the 2014 World Cup in Brazil . Bierhoff also praised Badstuber on his return to the international setup , who is back in the Germany squad alongside Ilkay Gundogan , who has had problems with a back injury . 'We ’ re very happy to have both players back , ' Bierhoff said . 'It ’ s often the case that players come back even better after setbacks . '
Germany face Australia in a friendly and Georgia in a Euro 2016 qualifier . The World Cup winners are currently second in Group D on 10 points . Lukas Podolski posted an Instagram snap with Bastian Schweinsteiger and Holger Badstuber .