Hero of the survivor of cancer shepherd in Germany with heroic penalty against France

The German goalkeeper Ann-Katrin Berger embodied the spirit of resistance of his team in their quarter-final of the Euro 2025 while they bounced after an early red card and the concession of a goal to take France to a draw of 1-1 more than 120 minutes before beat them 6-5 in a shooting which saw him save two kicks and mark herself.

The 34-year-old man, who beat cancer twice, lives with the motto of “everything we have is now”, and she seized her moment on Saturday, making an incredible backup to prevent a second half’s goal, then propel his camp on Wednesday to the semi-finals, where they will face Spain in Zurich.

“I was not happy that we had to go to the penalty shot because I would have loved having won the match in 90 minutes and having it done and dusting it,” said Berger to journalists before paying tribute to his team.

“I think the credit should go to the team, not me, because maybe (my backup) was the decisive moment of the penalty shootout, but we – everyone here – should speak with him (coach Christian Wueck) now the performance of the team, because it was incredible and incredible.”

The German midfielder Sjoeke Nuesken had a normally saved penalty but converted into the shooting, and was full of praise for the skills of Berger.

“She is an incredible goalkeeper. She is so calm, she is so intelligent. I knew she would save the penalties. She is such an incredible goalkeeper, and we are very happy that she is in our team,” Nuesken said.

With the defensive Kathrin Hendrich sent in the 13th minute for firing an opponent’s hair, the Germans had to fight for more than 100 minutes with a player less than their French counterparts, but despite their heroic, Berger did not want to promise that they would beat Spain to make the final.

“We take a whole step at a time – first of all that we celebrate, then we focus on Spain, there is a very hard and hard opponent to which we must face and everyone has really given its ultimate effort here and we have to regenerate, we must make sure to recover”, “ Berger explained.

“We love the stadium for the final match, and we will continue to progress towards this,” she added.