Germany's the World Champion of Football - again!

Germany's Women's National Football Team is one - if not THE best team in European football and now they've done it again. They won the final of the 2007 Women's World Cup in China yesterday and now as I'm writing this the team gets a very warm reception at the Frankfurt City Hall in front of around 20.000 fans. The beat Brazil 2-0, a match that had been labelled as the clash between German precision against Brazilian finesse. It's true, the Brazilian side had the better chances and they had way more than the German women. But in the end they women's team did just the same thing the men's team used to do over a long time: play solid, score goals and win tournaments. Gary Lineker once said that football is a game where 22 people play against each other and in the end the Germans always win. Germany scored 21 goals and conceded none. Goalkeeper Nadine Angerer didn't have to fetch a baal out of the net for 540 minutes. By doing so she even beat the record set up by Italian Goalkeeper Walter Zenga at the 1990 World Cup in Italy. They outclassed South American champions Argentina 11-0 in their opener, they won against Japan, the lost their only points against England (0-0), they beat the mysterious team from North Korea (3-0), they won against Norway (3-0) and then in the final they won against what is considered to be the best team in the cup, Brazil.
I first saw a Women's football match during the World Cup in the USA in 1999, when Germany played against the hosts in the quarterfinal. A thrilling 2-3 loss for Germany, but it had it all. Wonderful passing, beautiful goals, nice effort and really good play. It's by far nicer to watch a women's game than at some point the hacking and slashing in a men's match.
Unfortunately the only coverage the women get is when they play their cup final in Germany before the men's final. The highest division, the Bundesliga, isn't televised. So it's kind of hard to keep track on what's happening there. What they need is a professional league to keep up the momentum. Maybe this will change if Germany is awarded to host the Women's World Cup in 2011. If they get it I'm going to a match, I swear!