this book is about Katie mead, daughter of Beth Mead and Viviane Miedema.
Katie is a girl who is struggling with herself and has diabetes. even though she has diabetes she plays professional football for Arsenal women.
today we only have recovery and for the rest of he day we are free, in a few days we play mam and i don't look forward to that because im a defender and mum is an forward so i have to defend her. we don't have roomies and I don't like being on my own so I'm in the chillroom with Keira and Lucy. we're just chatting around until I feel 2 pairs of arms around me, mum of course it's mum. "what do you want?" i ask "come with me" she drags me out of the room to the boot room which is empty. "mum what's up?" "i know you feel a lot of pressure baby and you don't have to hide it, everyone gets it. i mean you're 15 and playing for the lionesses" "thanks mum, needed it" i'm currently hugging mum and i'm starting to tear up. "it's just very overwhelming" "no need for that my love" we're still hugging as we're going bach to the chill room. i'm just a bit on my phone and on snapchat with my friends from school when mam calls me. "hoi mam" (hey mam) "hey lieffie hoe gaat het?" (hey sweetie how are you?) "ja prima met jou?" (ye fine how are you?) "ja ook wel alleen zie er naar uit om straks gewoon weer bij de club te zijn en het normale ritme weer op te pakken" (same but im looking forward to just be at the club and have the normal routine back) "ja ik ook wordt hier moe van, iemand wilt je heel graag zien hahaha" (same im getting tired of this, someone wants to see you very bad hahaha) "hey beth" i end the call and we still have 1 hour till training so I grabbed my iPad and decided to join in the school lesson online as it was an important one.
after training we had a meeting and after that I had a conversation with Sarina, the meeting was about tactics and the starting line-up Ellie roebuck (GK)
Lucy bronze
Leah Williamson
Millie Bright
Katie Mead
Ella toone
Georgia Stanway
Keira walsh
Beth Mead
Alessia russo
Chloe Kelly
after the meeting me and Sarina went to a table in the lobby to make it not that serious and just chill. as the match is in Netherlands and I have a week school I'm staying there and don't fly back with the rest. i'm staying on my own in our house in the Netherlands. i didn't prepare for it but I know there are clothes and everything I will need, I talked about it with mum and mam.
tomorrow we have the game against the Netherlands, facing mam. i'm looking forward to it now, still have nerves but not as much as first. we're flying today, the match is in Zwolle, 20 minute drive from my hometown. a lot of family and friends are watching which is lovely, but i'm of course not playing for the Netherlands. we have to be in the lobby in 20 minutes and lotte is helping me pack my things because I forgot to do that earlier. I quickly went to the toilet but then I saw that I got my period, WHY NOW? not now please not now. I could literally cry at the moment. I quickly put a pad on and continued with what I was doing. I put my headphones on and listen to some calming music, normally i'm in the back of the coach but now I don't feel like it so i'm sitting on my own looking outside. In the airplane I also sat alone, I don't like being on my own but i'm not in the mood right now. we're on another coach and now i'm sitting in a 4-seat with Leah, Keira and Georgia they always know how to cheer me up or when they have to leave me alone. as we're driving from Amsterdam to Zwolle we ride by my hometown I recognise every bit of it and it makes me tear up a bit.
today is the day, we are going on a walk with the whole team and as we are walking I see a lot of things that I recognise as i've been here a lot with viv. after the walk we have a bit of free time and i'm meeting up with some old friends from school and we're just chatting away and having a really good time when Leah texted me that I have to be back and that we were going to the stadium.
i couldn't wait for my family and friends to see me play, don't get me wrong i do have friends from my age in england but not much as here in the netherlands because of school. and I see my family here not that much so it's very special to play in front of them all.
we arrived at the stadium and did a field check, I have my headphones in and im getting settled. shit I forgot that I was on my period, so I didn't bring any. im going to ask mum. "mum, I got my period but I didn't bring any did you?" "uhm im not sure let me check, no i don't have anything. ask viv she always has something with her, she's always prepared." "thanks mum, I will ask her"
I walked to the changing room from the netherlands in the hope I saw someone I knew, when I saw jill I was so happy. I asked her if she could get mam.
"ik ben ongesteld geworden maar heb niks bij me" (I got my period but I didn't brought any) "ik heb wel, laat me het even halen." (I do, let me grab it) "dankje waardeer het echt" (thanks, really appreciate it) "geen probleem, hoe voel je je voor de rest?" (no problem, how do you feel?) "alleen een beetje misselijk maar voor de rest wel prima" (only a bit nauseous but fine) "oké anders je pak je zo ff een paracetamol maar ik moet gaan doei lieffie" (alright, otherwise you take a paracetamol but i have to go bye love") "bye mam"
I really appreciate it and when I came back in the changing rooms I went to the bathroom and did my things, we went out for warm-ups and saw everyone to be fair it did tear me up to see them all in the stands like this. during the warm up I felt my hamstring a bit so afterwards I said it to the physio and she massaged it for a bit and strapped it up. I made sure my levels were okay and than we walked out on the fields. when Viv saw my hamstring she gave me a questionable look and I just waved it of. the game was underway and both teams had a lot of chances but the our defence don't have any problems but the netherlands have a hard time and seems to struggle. As I was dribbling I past a lot of players, i passed the ball to keira who passed it back to me, eventually I was brought down in the penalty box so we're awarded a penalty. i heard a beep and saw my levels were a bit too low but high enough to continue I just needed some dextroses from the doctor, as the penalty was being taken I ran to the doctor who gave me it fast and during that I saw georgia taking the penalty perfectly. 0-1. we didn't score and neither did the netherlands so halftime. the physio massaged my hamstring again as it was feeling a bit tight, she said that I can't do another 45 minutes and that I have to be taken of at the 70th minute. I want to make a difference before i'm being subbed out, I made some very good defending interventions and I find it very funny because viv can't get past me. I'm currently on a counter attack on my own, as i'm running with the ball, i'm getting past a lot of players and i'm 1 v 1 with the keeper now, I fake a shot and than I shoot it's in the back of the net but I don't celebrate that much because it's a friendly and i'm against friends of mine. but it was a good goal though. a few minutes later i'm being subbed out and I get some ice around my hamstring. after the match I walked towards the friends and family section and catcher up with everyone before I had to go.
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