 Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Merk aive mutongi mumakwikwi eOlympic muna 1992 kufonerwa kaviri, wechina mutongi mumakwikwi eWorld Cup muna 1993 pakati peNetherlands neEngland Panguva yemutambo uyu Merk akaramba achidzora maneja weEngland akatsamwa Graham Taylor, apo chirango nekadhi dzvuku sarudzo yakanga yaenda kuEngland. Taylor akanzwa kuti Ronald Koeman aifanira kunge adzingwa uye England yaifanira kupiwa chirango nokuda kwokukanganisa kwaDavid Platt. Hapana chimwe chazvo chakaitika uye Koeman akapfuurira kunwisa England. Taylor akanga akatsamwira mutongi, kunyange zvazvo makore gare gare, mubvunzurudzo neThe Observer, akaratidza kuonga kuna Merk nokuda kwokusamutumira kumakumbo apo aigona kuva nawo, UEFA Euro 2000 3, 2002 FIFA World Cup 2 uye UEFA Euro 2004 3. Mumutambo iwoyo, akaridza muridzo wokupedzisira, achiva mutongi wokutanga weGermany kubvira Rudi Glöckner weEast Germany muna 1970, kuti atungamirire World Cup kana European Championship Finals. Vabatsiri vake vaiva Jan-Hendrik Salver naChristian Schräer. Merk akatongawo 1997 UEFA Cup Winners Cup Final, uye 2003 UEFA Champions League Final. Akanga ari mutongi mumakwikwi ekupedzisira e2003 FIFA Confederations Cuppakati peCameroon neColombia, mutambo unoyeukwa nokuda kworufu rwaMarc-Vivien Foé. 