Cordoba. Chelsea were shaken by the news that goalkeeper Anne Catherine Berger has recovered from cancer.
Her career was interrupted, but after a few weeks she was back in goal.
– I am very impressed with her, says captain Magdalena Erickson.
The German national team goalkeeper made a comeback against Manchester City, just one month after it was announced he had cancer.
– It’s incredibly impressive. Even the last time when it was a bigger intervention, a surgery, she also came back in record speed, says her teammate. Magdalena Erickson.
Berger is supported by his teammates
Just before the start of the season, the 31-year-old announced that she had developed thyroid cancer for the second time and had to put her football career on hold. Something that affected his colleagues strongly.
– We are all touched that you feel it so much because it is never fun to receive such a message. “Just really liked how strong she was and we just tried to be there and support her,” says Joanna Ritting Kanred.
– Obviously we were all devastated for her when she told us about the cancer. But she is very gentle and calm as a person. She was very good at calming us all down, but obviously that’s a huge concern, she’s part of the Chelsea family and our teammate, says Eriksson.
Many were surprised when Berger returned to Chelsea’s starting line-up shortly after the announcement, but not his teammates. The goalkeeper had shared how the transaction would go and that he probably wouldn’t keep her off the football field for long.
“I knew she was going back to training, but of course you’re amazed and amazed at how fast things have really gone,” says Rytting Kaneryd.
It just shows her personality and how strong she is as a person and mentally, says Erickson.