The facts have lost nothing of their relevance with a little distance.
The women's European Championship in England in July also had a special appeal due to the attendance records up to the final, which set standards.
89,000 fans were there at Wembley, while 18 million people in Germany watched the 1: 2 of the DFB-Elf against the selection of the hosts on television.
Such quotas have not existed since the 2011 World Cup in Germany.
At that time, after the tournament and the hope for a boom, disillusionment followed in everyday life.
The expectations were exaggerated, the lack of foresight on the part of the German Football Association (DFB), that the interest aroused must be backed up by diverse commitment, had a fatal effect.
The situation is different this summer.
There is agreement that investments in the quality of the training facilities, the training of the coaches and the promotion of young people are necessary.
There is a lot to do, especially in Germany.
The number of active women and girls shrank by a third to 187,000.
In a cross-comparison, the number of visitors in the Bundesliga does not exceed 1,000, and none of the twelve clubs can finance themselves from their own income: In the most recent inventory, average income of 1.3 million euros was offset by expenditure of 2.5 million euros.
But that is not an unprejudiced argument for neglecting the ambitions of football women.
Rather, it shows which levers are to be set in motion, as in the past with the men, whose actions gradually developed into a billion-dollar business: Above all, more consistent marketing is required.
Flagship projects such as the opening game between Eintracht and FC Bayern this Friday (7.15 p.m. on Eurosport and Magenta Sport) in the Frankfurt Arena point in the right direction.
The league received a through ball from the national team, and the clubs now have to convert it themselves. Everyone is challenged, not just the championship subscribers from Wolfsburg and Munich, who have been marching ahead for a long time and use their dominance to decide the award of the title among themselves.
More balance and elements of surprise would add additional attraction to the women's competition.
Wanting to win people over by showing that not everything that the parallel universe with its three-class society in the men's Bundesliga produces in terms of lack of tension has to be worth imitating is definitely worth the effort.