There are working days in the life of an attacker when things just go smoothly.
The omens - coming in with the captain's armband on your arm - are already correct.
Then the balls land where you want them to go or where you anticipate them to go.
And the shooting luck comes on top of that.
Laura Freigang experienced such a parade day on Sunday afternoon - and the 24-year-old could not have imagined a better reintegration measure into the first eleven of Frankfurt Eintracht.
The season had begun for the national striker and for her colleagues with the atmospheric record game at the start of the season against FC Bayern, but for her personally with a shoulder injury suffered there.
Freigang was back in the starting lineup for the first time in the 3-2 home win over MSV Duisburg on Sunday.
Her first goal was a dust collector, but one in an artistic manner (9th minute);
her second, a safely converted penalty (51st);
the third a dry low shot from a central position (57th).
There was a reason why Freigang then spoke of the fact that the team had to “do more things” and that “there shouldn’t be any doubts about these games”.
The Eintracht women were able to express their superiority in ball possession and shots on goal, but not in terms of the result.
The fact that the promoted team with limited play was able to convert two decent advances into two goals (40th and 66th) is a shortcoming.
The other thing is that the second in the table had already won countless balls in the Duisburg half, constantly attacked the MSV goal for almost 90 minutes, but the interaction in the opposing penalty area was more well-intentioned than well done in too many scenes.
In the past season, the Frankfurt women had lost one or two points too many in games against teams that were significantly weaker.
In this round they have now been able to hold each other harmless in Freiburg (4:2), against Bremen (3:1), in Essen (4:0) and in front of 2100 spectators against Duisburg.
Maintaining that – a real site check against an equal opponent awaits in Hoffenheim next Saturday – will be key to a successful season.
"I see us a bit better than last year.
I'm counting on a lot and have high hopes for this season," said Freigang.
In the eyes of the interim captain, winning games like the one against Duisburg one day more confidently and safely in the absence of Tanja Pawollek, who is sitting out with a cold, is a goal to strive for, but only the second step.
"First of all, the three points are important."