Ann-Katrin Berger has made a triumphant return to Chelsea’s aspect to face Manchester Metropolis within the Girls’s Tremendous League.
The 31-year-old goalkeeper was recognized with a recurrence of thyroid most cancers in August, that means {that a} return to soccer would take a again seat with the intention to give attention to her restoration.
Berger is a well-liked member of Emma Hayes‘ aspect and shared information of her prognosis in a membership assertion again in August.
In that assertion, she wrote: “I wished to replace followers immediately that sadly, after 4 years of residing cancer-free, there was a recurrence detected in my thyroid.
“I’ve mentioned earlier than that as a sportsperson you need to battle on daily basis to be the perfect you could be and that’s one thing I’ll proceed to do and I hope by sharing my journey, I will help others that discover themselves in an analogous scenario.
“I’m working intently with my membership physician and specialist in London and my remedy will begin this week.
“I stay constructive that my remedy can be as efficient as final time and I’m trying ahead to returning to the pitch and seeing you all at Kingsmeadow and Stamford Bridge.”
Fortunately simply over a month after the assertion, Berger was named within the beginning XI for the WSL fixture with Metropolis at Kingsmeadow with the chance to do what she enjoys greater than the rest.
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