France v Germany live: Latest score as rivals meet in Women’s Euro 2025 quarter-final blockbuster

11 mins: Linder returns to the pitch and numerical parity is restored. France striker Katoto meets a free-kick in the box with a header but guides it wide.

10 mins: Buhl is set clear down the left but runs into traffic. The ball falls into the path of Brand, who can only skew a shot wide under pressure.

9 mins: Linder is still on the touchline, getting strapping on her foot. Germany have been down to 10 players for a few minutes now.

8 mins: It’s all a bit scrappy early on. Neither team can sustain an attack so far.

5 mins: A tenatative start from both sides. Germany’s Sarai Linder is down and in need of treatment after a clash with Sakina Karchaoui. No serious damage done, though.

Germany get us under way! A meeting with Spain in the semi-finals is on the line…

The players are out at St. Jakob-Park. Time for the national anthems, and then the last quarter-final will begin.

Just what is going on with penalties at Euro 2025?

Ahead of Saturday’s quarter-final between France and Germany, only 12 of the 25 penalties taken at the tournament had been scored, including just five of the 14 in England’s shoot-out victory over Sweden.

The following night, Spain missed two penalties in their 2-0 victory over Switzerland, with Mariona Caldentey and Alexia Putellas both failing to score from the spot in what was ultimately a comfortable victory for the world champions.

Norway striker and former Ballon d’Or winner Ada Hegerberg also missed two penalties during the tournament, including in her country’s quarter-final defeat to Italy on Wednesday. Both of Hegerberg’s penalties missed the target completely.

Not only do France have a poor record against Germany, but they also have a habit of losing quarter-finals at major tournaments.

France have only qualified for two semi-finals, at the 2011 World Cup and 2022 Euros.

France are winless in five major tournament matches against Germany, scoring just five goals while conceding 15. That includes a semi-final defeat to Germany at Euro 2022.

France, though, have won their last 11 matches in a row in 2025 and are one win away from tying their national record. They also beat Germany in the semi-finals of the Nations League in February 2024.