Cup glory reward for strategic German planning

If at first you don’t succeed, try, try and try again. This seems to be key in any great sporting triumph. As the German team paraded the World Cup trophy through Berlin to the Brandenburg Gate last week, it was hard to be anything but impressed by the newly-crowned world champions.

Germany made the semi-finals of the last two World Cups, they also reached the same stage of the last two European Championships. They have been manoeuvring towards this for some time and it must feel like they finally got what they deserved as this win was years in the making.