MATTHEW JAMES casts his seasoned eye over the form

Mario Götze has long been Germany’s wonder-kid. So when he hopped off the bench in Rio it was little surprise what happened next.
The diminutive attacker has been an ever present in the Fußballnationalmannschaft’s teams from Under-15 level.
He made a huge impression for every football hipster’s favourite Bundesliga side, Borussia Dortmund, before big bad Bayern Munich waved 37 million in their direction to trigger his release clause.
That pre-contract saw Götze sit out the all-German 2013 Champions L...