THE emphatic nature of both Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund's Champions League semi-final victories over Spain's top sides only confirms the rise of the Bundesliga, says the boss of the German football association.
Bayern were the last German team to win the Champions League in 2001 and the Bavarians are on course to reach the Wembley final on May 25 after flooring Barcelona 4-0 at Munich's Allianz Arena in Tuesday's semi-final, first-leg.
Dortmund, who were European champions in 1997, then posted another advert for the Bundesliga 24 hours later when they hammered Real Madrid 4-1 at Signal Iduna Park as Poland's Robert Lewandowski scored all four goals.
Germany daily Bild allowed for some gloating under the headline: "Germany 8, Spain 1: Bayern and Dortmund have over run all of Europe!"
While an inquest has begun in Spain as to why Barcelona and Real fared so badly against Bundesliga opposition, Germany is dreaming of "Der Klassiker" should Bayern face Dortmund in the final at London's Wembley stadium on May 25.
"Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund have handed out first-class business cards for German football," said German Football Association (DFB) president Wolfgang Niersbach.
"Everyone saw Germany is a top football address in Europe.
"This applies to the Bundesliga, the individual clubs and, of course, the national team.
"We can now dream of an all-German final at Wembley."
Germany coach Joachim Loew says with 14 of his national players still involved in the competition, including Real's Mesut Ozil and Sami Khedira, the experience can only help ahead of next year's World Cup in Brazil.
"It was very impressive how organised and dominant Bayern and Dortmund played," said Loew, Germany's coach since 2006.
"The results and margin of victory were richly deserved.
"You have to pay both (Dortmund coach) Jurgen Klopp and (Bayern trainer) Jupp Heynckes a big compliment for preparing their teams."
Bild also measured the German teams success compared to the failure of the four English Premier League sides, Manchester United, Chelsea, Arsenal and Manchester City, to make the quarter-finals.
Having last won silverware in May 2010, Bayern have smashed a host of Bundesliga records on their way to winning this season's league title and the Munich squad show no sign of letting up.
The Bavarians have made no secret of their desire to become the first German team to win the treble of European, league and cup titles.
They ran 112 kilometres as a team, compared to Barca's 106 in the first-leg, according to match statistics.
Dortmund also covered 119 kilometres compared to Real's 113, while Munich director of sport Matthias Sammer has often spoken of his side's "greed and hunger" for titles.
Bayern goal-scorer Thomas Mueller, who netted twice in the win over Barcelona quipped: "I am not the type to sprint past four opponents, but I'm pretty good over 14 kilometres!".
But Bundesliga boss Christian Seifert says this season has seen a shift from England to Germany as the main powerhouse in European football.
"It is important that two German clubs have produced excellent performances and now the whole world is looking at the Bundesliga," said Seifert, chief executive of the German football league (DFL).
"Whether it is now the strongest league in the world, you can't tell after one season but it was not so long ago that there were three English teams in the semi-finals.
"Every fan should be very proud.
"The Bundesliga is currently very much in the foreground and anyone interested in football can't fail to pay respect to Bayern and Dortmund."
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