US EditionGermany's Berger 'Living Best Life' After Euros Shootout Heroics
GERMANY, JUL 20 – After overcoming thyroid cancer twice, Ann-Katrin Berger saved two penalties and scored in the shootout to lead Germany to a 6-5 victory over France in Euro 2025 quarterfinals.
- Saturday’s quarter-final in Basel saw Germany women’s national football team beat France 6-5 in a penalty shootout, advancing to the Euro 2025 semi-finals.
- Last year Ann-Katrin Berger faced a thyroid cancer recurrence during Euro 2022 after four years in remission since her 2017 diagnosis.
- With nine saves, a UEFA Women’s Euro knockout match record since 2013, Berger then denied two penalties and scored her own in the shootout.
- After holding on with ten players due to a red card, Germany women’s national football team now face Spain on Wednesday needing a rapid mental reset.
- Basel is at the heart of this year’s tournament, set to host the final on 27 July, and viewing figures for matches like England v Sweden have hit 10 million.
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There was your pike jump that saved the crew. Only dolphins can do it. Then you held two penalty meters and turned one yourself.
Germany suffered but went through a lot because of an incredible performance by their goalkeeper. And will Spain be sparing the goals for the semi-final?
The goalkeeper Ann-Katrin Berger already received a lot of criticism at the EM. But she obviously leaves it quite cold – probably also because she has lived through many more difficult times.
She made all of France despair. DFB goaltender Berger was the heroine in the Elfer crime at the Women's EM. And has a special dream.
Women’s Euro 2025: How goalie Ann-Katrin Berger beat cancer twice and became Germany’s hero against France
Goalkeeper Ann-Katrin Berger’s heroics in the penalty shootout helped Germany beat France and book a semifinal spot in the Women’s European Championships in Basel, Switzerland.
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