Germany coach Hansi Flick named a 26-man squad for this summer’s friendlies on Friday, with Antonio Ruediger, Leroy Sane and Ilkay Gundogan among eight returnees. Flick said in March that Mueller would sit out the June friendlies but that the door remained open for his return. Flick’s team will take on Ukraine in Bremen on June 12 — Germany’s 1,000th …
A makeshift Germany team crushed Liechtenstein 9-0 in a World Cup qualifier on Thursday as Hansi Flick recorded the best ever start for a Germany coach with his sixth win in six games in charge. With five players sidelined due to defender Niklas Suele’s COVID-19 infection, coach Flick had to make sweeping changes to his lineup. But the already-qualified Germans …