A couple of days after being up to the USA, Germany gained a big gain Spain to take the bronze medal. Germany secured its 1-0 success versus the ruling Globe Mug champs with an enormous penalty shot conserve in the last secs of deduction time.
After going scoreless for 65 mins, Germany’s Giulia Gwinn was fouled in package by Spanish goalkeeper Cata Coll, making Coll a yellow card and Gwinn a possibility to provide Germany the lead. Gwinn provided, sinking a charge and making it 1-0.
However it was German goalkeeper Ann-Katrin Berger that conserved the day and protected Germany its medal. After Germany’s Janina Minge dedicated a nasty in package, Spain’s Alexia Putellas– a current victor of the Ballon d’Or Féminin– tipped up to take the charge shot in the 9th min of deduction time.
Berger extended to make the amazing save, punching the sphere out of package. Minutes later on, the umpire blew the whistle to finish the video game, and Berger was quickly set upon by her colleagues.
Berger has actually been Germany’s hero for these Olympics regardless of not being the main goalkeeper. The 33-year-old caretaker conserved 2 fines in a shootout versus Canada, and after that struck Germany’s last charge herself to win the video game and breakthrough to the semifinals.
Berger was detected with thyroid cancer cells in 2017 and again in 2022 after at first entering into remission, yet continued as a high-level goalkeeper at Chelsea for 2 even more periods. Berger authorized with Gotham FC in April and has actually just permitted 13 objectives this period– the most affordable in the NWSL– as the group’s beginning goalkeeper.
Germany’s bronze medal notes its 5th Olympic football medal and its 4th bronze. The group won gold in 2016 and took bronze in 3 straight Olympics: 2000, 2004 and 2008.