Germany are back. In the most rambunctious, direct way, putting four past defending champion Portugal in a 4-2 win at Euro 2020. Overcoming their own new-found insecurities, square-pegs-in-round-holes and a one-goal deficit summoned up by a lung-busting Cristiano Ronaldo effort.
It's too early to crown them even as legitimate contenders, but it's not too early to tip the hat to the much-maligned (of late) national team coach, Joachim Low, and his insistence on the Robin Gosens-Joshua Kimmich wing-back combination, an improbable tactical curveball for which Portugal had no answers.