German women's national team goalkeeper Ann-Katrin Berger refused to take credit for her team's 6-5 penalty shootout victory over France, which secured a 1-1 draw after 120 minutes of play.
Berger performed brilliantly with a record of nine saves during the 120 minutes of the quarter-final match at the St. Jakob-Park Stadium, Basel, Switzerland, early Sunday morning WIB, where Germany had to play with only 10 players from the 13th minute due to a red card received by Kathrin Henrich.
One of Berger's best saves came in the 103rd minute, when she scrambled to keep out a goalmouth header from Janina Minge.
Then in the penalty shootout, Berger successfully thwarted the first penalty kick from France's Amel Majri before successfully putting the ball into the net when he stepped up as Germany's fifth penalty taker, to inject confidence back into his teammates after Sara Dabritz's failure as the fourth penalty taker.
Berger then crowned herself as the best performer by perfectly guessing Alice Sombath's shot, sealing Germany's 6-5 victory over France to advance to the semifinals.
However, the 34-year-old goalkeeper admitted he was "a little annoyed" that the match had to be decided by a penalty shootout.
