Melanie Behringer was Germany’s star at Rio 2016, as her country finally ended its quest to win an Olympic football gold medal. But she believes retaining the title at Tokyo 2020 will be even harder. And the first step for them is the FIFA World Cup 2019 that starts today in France.

Germany competing at the 2010 Vancouver Olympic Winter Games. Copyright : 2010 / KISHIMOTO - All rights reserved.

Germany competing at the 2010 Vancouver Olympic Winter Games. Copyright : 2010 / GETTY - All rights reserved.

Germany competing at the 2010 Vancouver Olympic Winter Games. Copyright : 2010 / GETTY - All rights reserved.

Nanjing 2014 - Timo Barthel of Germany competes during the Men's 3m Springboard Final of Diving at the Nanjing 2014 Youth Olympic Games in Nanjing, capital of Jiangsu Province, on August 24, 2014. Yang Hao of China won the gold medal.

Nanjing 2014 - Timo Barthel of Germany competes during Men’s 10m Platform Preliminary during the Nanjing 2014 Youth Olympic Games in Nanjing, capital of Jiangsu Province, on Aug. 26, 2014