Winner takes it all

How often does the best team win a tournament? A sense of destiny and a capacity to battle through can carry a team a long way so long as it doesn't become blind faith

Tournament football is strange. France were much better than Germany in the group stage of the women’s Euros. They scored 11 goals in their three games and played with a verve and attacking freedom that saw them beat both England and the Netherlands convincingly. Germany laboured to victory over Poland, scraped by Denmark and were hammered by Sweden. Ye…