The midfield captain of the German football team, İlkay Gündoğan, says he is ending his career with the team after 82 matches and will not lead the German squad to the 2026 World Cup. “After a few weeks of reflection, I’ve come to the decision that it’s time to end my national team career,” Gündogan wrote on Instagram. “I look back with a lot of pride on 82 caps for my home country – a number I could never have dreamed of when I made my debut for the senior national team in 2011,” he added. “My highlight was definitely the huge honour of captaining the team at our home European Championships t…