Thank you so much for joining me for this quarter-final, which more than lived up to its billing. France had been utterly dominant in the group stage and Germany headed into the game off of the back of their biggest-ever women’s Euros loss, so France were the slight favourites. After 13 minutes, it felt as though it wasn’t Germany’s day with Kathrin Hendrich given a red card for a hair pull. A resulting Grace Geyoro penalty seemed to urge Germany on though and Sjoeke Nusken equalised from a corner. Germany’s defence worked tirelessly for the rest of the match and goalkeeper Ann-Katrin Berger kept them in it with a save. Then Berger was a shootout hero to send them to the semi-finals. You can catch up with all the ins and outs of that one below. Keep across our coverage from the tournament over the next few days but our live coverage resumes on Tuesday when England play Italy. see you then.
That dramatic shootout win means Germany will play Spain in the semi-final on Wednesday. With the other semi-final between England and Italy, both teams from the 2022 final are through to the last four.
