 At that time Mill was kind of an ageing marksman, but somehow still recognized by Franz Beckenbauer to still play a part in the German national football team and so he won a spot in the West German squad for the 1990 World Cup.A shrewd taker of any blunder an opponent was willing to concede inside the penalty-box, his reputation as one of the best strikers of his time helped 'Frankie' being part of the German squad there.With proven Rudi Völler and youngsters Jürgen Klinsmann and Karlheinz Riedle all well in front of him in Beckenbauer's striker thoughts, Mill stayed the unused fourth-choice striker in those successful Italian weeks of German football.