{"id":280752,"date":"2025-07-21T19:51:16","date_gmt":"2025-07-21T19:51:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/280752\/"},"modified":"2025-07-21T19:51:16","modified_gmt":"2025-07-21T19:51:16","slug":"germany-vs-spain-referee-who-is-in-charge-of-semi-final","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/280752\/","title":{"rendered":"Germany vs Spain referee: Who is in charge of semi-final"},"content":{"rendered":"

Germany vs Spain will determine who makes the final and it’s set to be a tasty match up.<\/p>\n

Spain<\/a> have been the favourites to win the trophy since the beginning of the tournament but if any nation can knock them out, it’s Germany<\/a>.<\/p>\n

They defied odds to become the first team ever to win a quarter-final after going down to 10 players. They defeated France<\/a> on penalties to progress.<\/p>\n

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Germany vs Spain: Who is the referee?<\/p>\n

\"Ann-Katrin<\/p>\n

Ann-Katrin Berger was the hero in the quarter-final (Image credit: Getty Images)<\/p>\n

Germany were reduced to 10 because Kathrin Hendrich pulled French captain Griedge Mbock’s hair during a corner.<\/p>\n

That red card came in the 13th minute and Grace Geyoro scored a resulting penalty. Germany managed to equalise through Sjoeke Nusken and pushed the game to penalties which they won <\/a>thanks to the heroics of goalkeeper Ann-Katrin Berger.<\/p>\n

\"Edina<\/p>\n

Edina Alves has taken charge of other matches at Euro 2025 (Image credit: Getty Images)<\/p>\n

The referee will potentially have their hands full with Germany in the match as the quarter-final was not the first time the team had been reduced to 10.<\/p>\n

Carlotta Wamser, who will return for the semi-final, was sent off against Sweden for a blatant handball in the box.<\/p>\n

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The referee to keep Germany and Spain in check is Brazil’s Edina Alves.<\/a><\/p>\n

She has been in charge of other matches at Euro 2025, including England’s<\/a> crucial group game against the Netherlands.<\/p>\n

\"Patricia<\/p>\n

Claudia Pina scored a stunner in Spain’s quarter-final (Image credit: Getty Images)<\/p>\n

The referee has been FIFA listed since 2016 and was the first woman to take charge of a Club World Cup match.<\/p>\n

She has other experience at tournaments like the 2023 World Cup<\/a> and the Copa America.<\/p>\n

Alves will be assisted <\/a>in the semi-final by compatriots Neuza Back and Fabrini Bevilaqua.<\/p>\n

Portugal’s Tiago Martins is the VAR and Sweden’s Tess Olofsson is the fourth official.<\/p>\n

Spain will be favourites to seal their spot in the final but they have shown some weaknesses this tournament that Germany can exploit.<\/p>\n

Their defence can be weak when teams counterattack which Germany can through players like Lea Schuller.<\/p>\n

But Spain have stars who can inflict attacking prowess too, namely Claudia Pina, Aitana Bonmati and Alexia Putellas, who are on FourFourTwo’s top current player lists<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Germany and Spain will play one another on Wednesday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Germany vs Spain will determine who makes the final and it’s set to be a tasty match up.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":280753,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5312],"tags":[2000,299,104],"class_list":{"0":"post-280752","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-spain","8":"tag-eu","9":"tag-europe","10":"tag-spain"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114892969378826576","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/280752","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=280752"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/280752\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/280753"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=280752"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=280752"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=280752"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}