Jucinara's POV
"Stadiums always look so big to me." I mumble as we pull up to the Estádio Castelão in Fortaleza, Brazil for our quarter-final match against Brazil.
We beat Denmark 6-0 in our Round of 16 game which kinda sucked because it was hard beating my sister Alana and crushing her dream of winning a World Cup.
Talia got tired of everyone doubting her and she scored all six goals.
I still don't get how people think Talia's not the best player in the world.
"Here you go my favorite tattoo'd couple." Tobin says
"HEY." Emma and Talia say.
"Wait that didn't work out like I planned." Tobin says. "Oops."
Christen and I chuckle then we look at tonight's line-up as we pull up to the stadium.
1-Emma Harris(C)
11-Sarah Gorden
4-Jucinara
12-Tierna Davidson
3-Emily Fox
8-Julie Ertz
18-Kristie Maxwell
19-Crystal Dunn
23-Christen Press
14-Talia Martin
9-Lynn Williams
Once at the Estádio Castelão, 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 red 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 my favorite keeper.
Minutes later we are told to head out onto the field for the prematch stuff so I follow Emma out onto the field.
Once on the field we stand in line for the Brazilian anthem then myself, most of the ladies in the starting XI, and most of the ladies on the bench kneel for our anthem.
When our anthem finishes, we stand up then we shake hands with the Brazilian players.
A couple of the Brazilians ignore my hand, but their bitches anyway so who cares
After we shake hands, we take a starting XI picture, Emma does the coin toss, then I lead Nalu to the bench.
"Stay here." I say
Nalu yips and smiles at me so I scratch her head then jog to my position on the field.
"We got your back." Talia says.
"I know." I say.
This games gonna be chippy.
Very very chippy.
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"REF." My teammates and I shout after Andressinha fouls Talia in the 89th minute then I jog over to the Portuguese ref.
Just like I thought, this game has been insanely chippy with me and Christen getting fouled a lot.
I got a yellow card for some dumb reason which means I'll miss the Semi-final game if we win tonight.
Right now we're tied 0-0.
"THAT BETTER BE A RED." I hear Cairo shout.
"Você precisa se encarregar do jogo antes que alguém se machuque." I say when I get to the ref. (You need to take charge of the game before someone get's hurt.)
"Jucinara." The ref warns.
"Isso é pelo menos um amarelo, mas deveria ser um vermelho." I say. (That's at least a yellow, but it should be a red.)
"Jucinara." The ref warns again.
I hold my hands up then I watch the ref show a yellow to Andressinha.
"Not good enough." I mumble then I walk over to my teammates.
"You good?" Tobin asks.
"We're tied." I say. "So not really."
"Well go get ready in the box." Christen says.
The foul occurred a long ways from goal so I'm guessing Tobin or Christen's just gonna float a ball into the box.
"Alright." I say then I head towards the rest of my teammates.
When I get to my teammates, we wait around for the free kick to be taken.
A minute later, the referee blows her whistle so Christen does her run up then she sends the ball towards us.
Once the ball leaves Christen's foot, I move towards goal, then at the perfect time I out jump everyone then head the ball into the back of the net making the score 1-0.
After the ball hits the net, I run straight towards the Brazilian fans.
When I get in front of the Brazilian fans, I take my jersey off then talk some shit to the crowd.
As I'm talking shit, the Brazilian fans start throwing shit at me so I get pulled away by someone.
Once I'm pulled away, I get shown a red card.
"Aww." I say as it hits me that I just got my second yellow.
"What?" Christen asks.
"I'm gonna miss the Semi-finals." I say as the ref blows for full time.
"You'll be back for the final." Emma says.
"If we get there." I say.
"We will." Talia says. "I know we will."
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