Ms. Kleinherne, what was your most memorable moment from the past weeks of the European Championship?

There were so many key moments that shaped me that I don't want to pick a single one.

The Spain game was my first match on such a huge stage.

I scored my first international goal against Finland.

The scenery in the final at Wembley was unbelievable.

But also the reception here in Frankfurt on the Römerberg - we didn't expect that so many people would welcome us.

To what extent do such key moments, as you say, have a formative effect on you?

Those were moments that I will never forget in my life.

Also in the sense that it was an appreciation and reward for what you gave in secret every day for weeks, months and years.

I've been given more playing time than I ever imagined and I've made it my mission to be there for the team when I'm needed.

I managed that quite well.

It was great to be able to document what I can do and how I've learned on this stage against such strong opponents.

The high level of the games in England allowed us to surpass ourselves as a team.

It was great to see how everyone was 100% there when we needed it most.

And the fact that we obviously inspired and carried away so many people is the greatest appreciation

Don't you find it a bit insulting that the whole world is suddenly saying: Oh, they're really good at kicking!

The top duels in the Bundesliga and Champions League have shown a high level for a long time.

It's great that the European Championship triggered so much.

But, yes, it's also a pity in some ways that big tournaments like the European Championship were needed in this form to make us more visible.

Because we have been fighting for this for many years.

But of course this boost from the European Championship is very good for us in this fight for acceptance and recognition.

Maybe in a few years you will look back at this tournament in 2022 and describe it as a key moment for an upward trend that then began.

This tournament should not be seen as the end of four weeks at the end of which we narrowly missed out on winning the title.

But as the beginning of something really big, as the first stage to achieve a lot more for women's football.

What are the key steps now with the tournament in tailwind?

We want the wave of euphoria from England to spill over here.

That it won't remain a one-off exceptional situation and that we can be forgotten again after three months.

What you hear and read, and last but not least the feedback I've received, indicates that many people now also want to go to a Bundesliga game.

And not just a selected top game like Bayern Munich against VfL Wolfsburg.

A significantly higher average viewership would be an important step for the league.

What else?

It should be made easier for the spectators to experience and follow us, live in the stadium or in front of the television.

To show how professionally we work and prepare for the competitions.

Many are still wrong about that.

The national team's documentary "Born for this - More than football" makes this clear and has given many a glimpse of what we achieve and what's going on inside us.

We have already opened up a lot, and the next episodes with content from the EM should also be very exciting and worth seeing.

When did this special team spirit emerge that carried the German team through the European Championship?

In the months before, this did not seem to have been very pronounced due to many personal experiments by the national coach and many failures in the preparatory games.

It's no secret that there were phases when we didn't find each other as a team at all.

In which things did not fit between the team and the coaching team and there was also crunching between the players.

The two preparatory camps in Herzogenaurach did a great deal to ensure that we formed a unit.

And an honest one and not an artificially exaggerated one.

We landed in England and looked each other in the eye, knowing that we can only do it together.

After the first game against Denmark at the latest, it was clear to us that it's not an illusion, but that we really have the potential and the quality to go far.

The fact that everyone, no matter what role, carries the big picture is something that everyone in the squad, coaching team and staff have fully experienced.