“Hass crimes”
Police switched on-Berger partner complains of racism attacks
Updated on July 21, 2025 – 1:57 p.m.Reading time: 2 min.
With England, Jessica Carter is in the semi-finals of the European Women’s European Championship in Switzerland. But apart from the action on the lawn, she has to deal with bad insults.
The joy of Germany’s EM heroine Ann-Katrin Berger about the move into the semi-finals of women’s football European Football in Switzerland has been clouded against her English fiance Jessica Carter by racist attacks in the course of the tournament. The defender from the defending champion England team made multiple online hosts on her Instagram channel on Sunday.
As a consequence, the 27-year-old daughter of an American announced: “I will withdraw from social media and leave it to a team to deal with it.”
The English Football Association FA condemned the attacks against its central defender, who plays at Gotham FC together with Berger in the USA. FA-BOSS Mark Bullingham confirmed the intermediate involvement of the police “to” ensure that those responsible are held accountable for this hate crime “.
Carter introduced her charge as “a message to the fans”: “I have seen a lot of racist hostility since the beginning of the tournament. Even if I think that every fan has the right to an opinion and result, I do not consider it to be right or acceptable to target someone because of their appearance or origin.” Carter described the submission of her personal communication as a “measure for self -protection”. She also makes this decision to “further focus on the team to help the team almost possible.”
The defensive player also hopes for her step: “My wish is that my open word contributes to another positive change – for everyone.”
Carter and Berger could only meet at the European Championship tournament in the final (July 2/Sunday). Carter’s “Lionesses” will first be challenged by Italy in the semifinals on Tuesday (July 22nd) before Berger and their German teammates play against world champion Spain the next day.
Last Saturday in the quarter-finals in Basel, Berger became a match hero for the German team in the 6: 5 success against France in a penalty shootout. The 34-year-old parried two shots of the Équipe Tricolore and was also successful with her own attempted shooting.