Germany beat Brazil 2×0 today and won its second world title. In Shangai, the dream of the first Brazilian women’s world title came to an end.

The ladies played a fine game with lots of hustle and emotions, but the day seemed to favor the team from Sylvia Neid, who managed to keep Brazil off from scoring.

Brazil created plenty of great chances and hit the post twice. Marta got a chance to score on a penalty but the world’s best player missed the chance to tie the game on the second half. Brazil kept attacking and trying to score, while Germany was getting very physical. Marta was neutralized and the referee had poor calls against Brazil.

5 minutes to the end, Germany scored the second, killing all chances of a Brazilian recovery. It seemed like a revenge against the men’s Brazilian World Cup title against Germany, in 2002.

In Marta’s own words: “But that’s football. Sometimes, however good you are you don’t get what you want and today just wasn’t our day.”

It was a good game, worthy of a World Cup Final.