Germany defender Sarai Linder will miss the women's Euro 2025 semi-finals against world champion Spain on Wednesday due to injury. Linder had to be subbed off in the quarter-final match against France and the German Football Federation (DFB) said in a statement on Sunday evening that she suffered a capsule and ligament injury to her left ankle.

Germany defender Sarai Linder has been ruled out of her team's Women's European Championship semifinal against Spain.

The bizarre incident also resulted in a penalty as France took the lead in the Women’s Euro 2025 quarter-final

When the experienced Kathrin Hendrich had a brain fade and pulled Mbock Bathy's ponytail in the box on 13 minutes, most Germany fans would have been forgiven for thinking France would progress into the Euro 2025 semi-finals.

Germany made a nightmare start to their Euro Women's 2025 quarter final when Kathrin Hendrich was sent off for a hair pull.

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Germany team director Nia Künzer has defended Kathrin Hendrich for the hair-pulling incident which led to her early red card in the European Championship quarter-final win against France. The record champions won on penalties after a 1-1 draw in Basel on Saturday after being forced to play with 10 players for almost 120 minutes including stoppage

France captain Mbock makes her first start start of the tournament having recovered from her calf injury. That means it's a new centre-back partnership for Les Bleues. Alongside the Paris Saint-Germain defender is Maelle Lakrar who also makes her return after a two-game absence with a hamstring injury.