Not sure why, but the German National Team has stopped working. New manager took over in about 2025, and he stopped playing proper players. There are still a couple of people floating around with caps from back then, but the only players used by the national team are greyed out ones (and **** good ones to boot).
Luckily the screwy manager just got sacked, I'll wait and see what the new one does. Is that part of what the bug should be like? It seems odd to me that the National Team should disappear in the middle of a game!