The last time Rudi Voller was in charge of the German men’s national team, they limped out of the Euro 2004 group stages playing what became disparagingly known as Rumpelfussball – “sleeper train football” derived from the word rumpeln: to stutter or stumble.
Voller was hurriedly thrust back into the national team hot seat two decades later after Hansi Flick’s stuttering reign was brought to a merciful halt in September 2023, nine months before the European Championships are held on German soil.
However, Voller was at pains to stress that he would only take charge of one game – an…
