The goalkeeper who diagnosed twice with cancer completed a century save

A "Century Save" suddenly appeared in the women's football match. In the ongoing quarterfinals of the 2025 Women's European Cup, in Germany's match against France, the German defender accidentally headed the ball to form an own goal. The French player even opened his arms to celebrate, but German goalkeeper Beger completed a fishing leap to the side and rear. After stretching his whole body to the extreme, he pulled the ball out of the goal line with one hand.

This is not the end. Berger, who had both hands on his back in the penalty shootout, refused to score a penalty twice, and the German women's football team defeated the French women's football team to advance to the semi-finals. After the game, Berger's save immediately became popular. Fans and media compared it with Banks' "Century Save" in the 1966 World Cup, and Berger also won the nickname of Wonder Woman. This girl who was only selected for the national team at the age of 30 and once played for Chelsea is also an inspiring anti-cancer fighter.

Ann Katerin Beger was born in 1990, which is similar to the reasons why many female football players choose goalkeepers. She was originally playing for a striker because she had a height of nearly 1.8 meters at the age of 16. She was arranged by the coach to practice goalkeeper and gradually became a professional player. In 2014, she transferred to Paris Saint-German, which was acquired by the Qatar consortium, but Berger was only two goals here.

Two years later, she went to Birmingham, and just when she was just starting to play in some Premier League games, she was suddenly diagnosed with thyroid cancer in 2017. To be honest, although thyroid cancer has the highest survival rate among all cancers, the average survival rate of 85% in five years and the need to undergo surgery and take medication for a long time to suppress cancer cells is still very difficult for athletes who consume a lot of physical strength.

Berger announced his return in the third month after the diagnosis of cancer and played in the FA Cup and the Premier League. With his inspirational anti-cancer and performance on the court, Berger was selected as the Premier League Women's Football Team of the Year that year.

Berger's football career began to bear fruit at the age of 29. She first joined Chelsea, the world's most powerful women's football club. This time, she flew to block the opponent's header save and was selected as the Premier League's best month. At the same time, a year later, Begel was selected for the German national team for the first time as a 30-year-old "older". You should know that the selection range of women's football team is much smaller than that of men's football team. At the age of 30, it was called up for the national team. It is also a powerful country for women's football, Germany, which is very difficult.

What is more valuable is that whether it is a club or a national team, the main position is not based on the sympathy for Berger's cancer experience, but is made real by her strength. In 5 years at Chelsea, Berger won 10 championships as the main player, and in 24 years she also won the Olympic bronze medal as the German Olympic team.

This Women's Football European Cup is the first time that Berger has played in a major competition as the main force. In the first match between Poland, she saved 6 times in the game, two of which were blocked and singles. In the first round of the knockout round, the German-French battle was basically a one-man show by Berger. Germany had a defender who had eaten the red dot set meal at the beginning, and Berger almost blocked the penalty.

After Germany equalized the score through a set ball, Berger became the busiest person on the court, with 8 saves in regular time. That century save happened in overtime, Berger took out the ball that the man's goalkeeper might not be able to save, and the French women's football team was even more motivated.

In the penalty shootout, Berger put his hands behind his back, looking like he was determined to win the opponent. In the end, she saved two penalty shots again, and she also personally scored one to help Germany advance, becoming the gods in one battle. The German girl was in a bit of danger when she had a dozen Poland and France.