Azura's POV
"Here Nwigwe's." Christen says as she passes my wife and I tonight's line-up for our final group match, which is against Italy.
"Thanks." I say then Adelaide and I look at the line-up as we head to the stadium here in Gqeberha, South Africa.
1-Emma Harris
26-Sarah Gorden
4-Jucinara
25-Alana Cook
2-Azura Nwigwe
19-Crystal Dunn
10-Catarina Macario
9-Sophia Smith
23-Christen Press
14-Talia Martin(C)
15-Lynn Williams
For our final group Match, which is against Italy, we're playing a version of the 3-4-3
Emma's obviously in goal.
Sarah, Jucinara, and Alana are our center backs
In midfield we have me as CDM, Crystal and Cat as our Center-mids, and Sophia as our CAM
And in attack we have Christen as our right winger, Lynn as our left winger, and Talia as our Striker.
If you remember back to the last time the national team played Italy, in April 2021 when Emma got racially abused for basically the whole game, it shouldn't surprise you that we're playing an all women of color line-up.
The only woman of color not playing is Phallon, but that's only because Emma's playing.
"This is gonna be a fun game to watch." Adelaide mumbles as she passes the line-up behind us then I cuddle with my soulmate.
Once at Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium, 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, I grab my rugby ball from my bag then my teammates and I head outside for the pitch inspection.
When I get on the pitch, Abby and I head to the closest end of the pitch then we walk up the pitch while passing a rugby ball back and forth as we talk about random shit.
After we make it to the farthest end of the pitch, Abby and I head back to the locker room with our teammates.
When I get to my locker I take my AirPods out, then I take out my nose ring, I take off my necklaces, earrings, bracelet, and my rings.
After my jewelry is off, I put my jewelry in it's safe then I put my jewelry safe, phone, and AirPods in my bag.
Once I'm jewelry free I take off my tracksuit and put my dark brown locs up in a ponytail 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 green boots.
Once I'm dressed Adelaide comes over and sits in-between my legs.
"Hi Beautiful." I say.
"Hi Zu Zu." Adelaide says as she hugs my leg then she sits up straight as I begin running my fingers through her long luscious hair.
After a minute of playing with my soulmate's hair, I pull it back into the normal ponytail she wears for games and trainings.
Once Adelaide's hair is in a ponytail, I tilt her head back then I lean down and kiss my soulmate.
"I love you." I say.
"I love you." Adelaide says then I kiss my soulmate again.
After we kiss, Adelaide and I get up, walk out of the locker room, and head onto the field with the outfield players.
