Not many might know about Thomas Mueller’s dark spot in an otherwise flawless career.

Ahead of Germany’s last 16 duel against England this Tuesday evening in the Wembley arena, the 31-year-old admitted to never have scored a goal at a European Championship tournament.

Having won 29 trophies in his career, the Bayern striker said it’s not the most pressing issue to score against England but to fulfill his role in the national team.

“I am in a different role compared to my duties in the club as I see myself more as a supporting force initiating chances for others in the national team,” the 2020 treble winner said.

Mueller added he would love to score his first Euro goal against the Three Lions, but his main target is to win games. “In the national team, I might be more the conductor and assist giver,” the Bavarian icon said.

Mueller said he would continue to investigate “all spaces,” but “maybe not to the same extent as I do this in my club.”

To deliver a well-oiled team performance is the key to success when facing England as it must be Germany’s primary goal to keep England’s strikers away from the goal. Germany has performed too well on that over the past games.

Mueller said he recovered perfectly from the knee injury he suffered in the Group F encounter against Portugal. The Bayern attacker had missed the starting eleven against Hungary and only returned for the last 25 minutes.

Mueller attended Germany’s training session on Saturday without any restrictions. “I am entirely ready to be around for the game,” he said.

The German squad doesn’t contain outstanding top acts but several high-quality players. Therefore the 2014 World Champion should remember what always made German squads a strong competitor when attending majors.

“Most important is to run the game as a team, covering the entire pitch and always keep stability and game control,” he said.

The Bayern striker said he has good memories regarding Wembley as “I won the 2013 Champions League there.” Having scored two goals against England at the 2010 World Cup in South Africa might give him a good feeling, but it is a thing of the past not affecting Tuesday’s game.

To end up with narrow results is something normal in tournaments, he said. “Against England, we won’t get many chances, I guess, but I don’t see a problem taking the victory by one goal.”

To beat England, it takes to keep a cool head and “be persistent until the final whistle.”

Despite its Ups and Downs in the group stage Germany has shown its resilience as what is called “a tournament squad.”

Having made their way to the last 16 “makes us confident and delivers motivation to go further as we have overcome all possible setbacks so far.” It’s far from realistic to do all games on the highest level, he added.

“From now on, it’s do-or-die. You got to be ready for that and stay flexible in your actions,” Mueller stated.

A change of plan seems to come sooner than expected.

Due to a UEFA instruction, Germany has to run its last training session on Monday in the team’s base camp in Herzogenaurach as the pitch at Wembley is suffering from too many games and needs a rest.