The German goalkeeper almost prevented the backlog in the fifteenth minute, but could not prevent the penalty kick from Grace Geyoro from invading the penalty kick. In the penalties series, Berger was able to turn a French bet twice, after she had already performed an unparalleled rescue in the extension. In between, she also hit herself from eleven meters.
Nevertheless, Berger continued to insist on the fact that it was a team performance. “I am not so much proud of myself, but especially of the team,” she told ZDF. “Standing 100 or 110 minutes with ten players on the field is a tough task. And I have made my contribution in that. I don’t think it is justified if I am the only one praised. Everyone must now be afraid of ours.”
Thyroid cancer
Berger has always made one of her strengths of her sobriety and document character. The goalkeeper of the American NJ/NY Gotham FC was hit twice by thyroid cancer, but always recovered. “I am not really an emotional person. It just makes me proud to be here. What happened in 2022 is in the past, I look forward to the future, enjoy life and I am in a semi -final of the European Championship.”
European Female Football Championship: Germany after penalty thriller against France as the last country to semi -finals
He reached Germany partly due to a cheat sheet at the penalty shootout, although Berger admitted that her performance might not be perfect. “My grandfather will now say that I sometimes jumped too early. And I know that about myself too. That is what the national coach always says. But I am very happy anyway.”