Journey

74

Jucinara's POV

"How are they predicting this already?" I ask as Christen and I look some social media sites prediction of the Round of 16 Matchups.

Projected Round of 16 Matchups
Brazil v Costa Rica
USA v Denmark
France v New Zealand
Canada v Australia
Germany v Norway
Netherlands v Spain
Sweden v Switzerland
England v Republic of Ireland

"No clue." Christen says then we're passed the line-up for tonight's last group game against Italy so we look at it.

1-Emma Harris(C)
11-Sarah Gorden
4-Jucinara
12-Tierna Davidson
3-Emily Fox
8-Julie Ertz
16-Rose Lavelle
19-Crystal Dunn
23-Christen Press
14-Talia Martin
10-Catarina Macario

"FYI Emma I will smack a bitch if I need too." I say.

"Oh we smacking bitches now?" Talia asks. "Cause I am so down if they call you that shit again."

"We'll see." Emma says with a smile as we pull up to the stadium.

Once at the Estádio Mineirão, the bus parks then everyone gets off and heads to the locker room.

When we get to the locker room everyone puts their stuff down in their respective lockers.

Once my stuff is in my locker, my teammates and I head outside for the pitch inspection.

After we've inspected the pitch, my teammates and I head back to the locker room.

When I get to my locker I take my AirPods out, I take out my nose ring, and I take off my necklaces and my rings, then I put my jewelry and AirPods in my bag.

Once I'm jewelry free I take off my tracksuit then I put on my warm up top and my game shorts.

I then sit down in my locker and put on my socks, my shin pads and my red boots.

After my boots are on I wait for Christen to do Talia's hair, then, once she's done with Talia's hair, I sit down on the floor in-between Christen's legs to let her do my hair.

"Hi Nara." My favorite Tattoo'd forward says.

"Hi Chrissy." I say then I relax, face forward, and let Christen do her thing.

Christen runs her fingers through my hair for a little bit then she puts my hair into a pony tail just like I like it.

"Thanks." I say then I hug one of Christen's legs.

"No problem." Christen says then she tilts my head back and pecks my lips.

After our kiss, I get up, walk out of the locker room, and head onto the field with the outfield players

When I get on the pitch I run through my warm ups with the starters for a while then we head back to the locker room.

Once in the locker room I change out of the training top and change into my white jersey while Cairo does her last minute talks.

When the last minute talks end, we are told to head to the tunnel so Nalu and I do as told.

Once in the tunnel, I line-up right behind Emma then I wait for us to be called out.

Right before we head onto the pitch, I step out of line, walk to the front then I stand in front of the captain and face her.

"Hey Juice." Emma says with a smile.

"Hi." I say then I hug the keeper.

Emma and I hug for a few seconds then I get back in line behind her.