"I always had a feeling we could win this tournament," said Germany coach Tina Theune-Meyer after her side defeated Norway.
No one would have been putting their reputation on the line by backing the Germans here, they've long been favourites and were never really pushed to play at 100% for longer than the odd spell in a game.
Asked why her squad, which she retires from coaching today, were so far ahead of the rest of Europe, she replied: "I don't think that we are so far ahead of everyone else, if you actually look at the other teams.
"They have teams for the future."
Germany also have promising times ahead, with a successful U19 squad and her assistant Silvia Neid set to take up the reigns. "We have a set of tough-minded women with a very good U19 squad with a very good coach, so there's a strong thread running through our set-up," admitted Theune-Meyer.
And the German coach spoke glowingly of England's progress, and urged them to keep going in that direction.
"I think England should continue as they are, they have many good players, they're young, they can improve," she said. "I'm impressed with some of the players, like Karen Carney, so they should continue what they've started."
Talk soon returned to her pride in her squad, of course – and she said they wouldn't be waiting to get back to Germany to start celebrating.
"We're going to celebrate tonight," she smiled. "We're going to have a party with the Norwegians, and then when we get back to Germany, we'll celebrate again."
