At 27, the Germany international should be in his prime, but a once promising career has not panned out how most predicted it would It was the kind of stage that was once made for Mario Gotze. Instead, as Borussia Dortmund and Bayern Munich duked it out in their top-of-the table Bundesliga clash on Tuesday night, German football’s one-time boy wonder watched on, his contribution limited to a 10-minute cameo from the bench – and an underwhelming one at that. When you have