Today was the day of the World Cup final. England beat Australia in the semi final and they are playing the Netherlands in the final. It's going to be a tough game but I'm confident they can win. I feel bad for Beth, having to play against Viv isn't ideal, but I know they're both professional enough to put their personal life to the side for these 90 minutes.
Majority of the arsenal girls were coming to watch the match, half of them wearing a Netherlands jersey and the other half wearing England.
We made our way to the stadium and up to our seats, they're pretty much right behind the subs bench, wanting to be as close as possible.
Before we know it, the teams are making their way out, taking their turns at singing the national anthem.
"Fuck I'm so nervous", I said bouncing my leg up and down anxiously.
"Me too", everyone said in sync as we all started to laugh. The sound of the whistle blowing pulled us out of our talk as the game had started.
Within the first 40 minutes, both teams had a couple chances but none led to any goals.
"Fuck me", I sighed with my head in my hands. I head some screams erupt as I looked up and seen Leah running with the ball just outside the box, she ran in and was about to hit a shot when she was wiped out by one of the Dutch players.
"Hey what the fuck!", I screamed rising to my feet as Leah was still on the ground.
"Come on baby, get up", I whispered to myself as she eventually got up and shook herself off and I sighed in relief. Being the captain and winning the penalty, Leah decided to step up and take it. Oh god.
The ref blew her whistle as Leah ran at the ball, hitting it hard and low into the bottom right hand corner.
We all jumped up into a group hug and cheered with each other.
There was only a couple minutes before half time as Netherlands were on the rebound from a corner and they managed to score. Fuck. The first half ended 1-1.
"This is so nerve wracking, I don't think I was this nervous when I had a gun pointed at me and got shot", I laughed as Katie smacked me in the head and I turned round to see all the girls glaring at me.
"What? Come on it was funny", I laughed again as they just rolls their eyes.
"I'm telling Leah", Em said as I snapped my head towards her.
"You tell Leah that and I'll tell Lia how you said she is the biggest pillow princess", I said whispering the last part so Lia couldn't hear. Em started to turn red as she just glared at me and I winked at her.
The girls returned to the pitch as they stood in their positions ready for the second half. These 45 minutes are probably the most important minutes of Leah's life.
The whistle was blown and it was intense from the start. Again, both teams getting chances and it was approaching the end of the second half. In the 87th minute, Leah played an amazing through ball to Georgia who dribbled up the field. She seen an opening for a shot and she took it. The whole stadium was silent until the ball hit the back of the net and everyone went wild.
"Holy shit, they might have actually done it!", I screamed as we celebrated.
After a few minutes, the final whistle blew and most of the Dutch girls fall to the ground, as well as Leah, but with 2 completely different emotions, hers with joy and theirs with heartache. I feel bad for them, especially Viv, but watching my girl win this World Cup is everything.
The girls celebrate for a bit and then lift the trophy, getting a few pictures as they done a lap of the pitch. I seen Leah and a few of the other girls wave us down as we all looked at each other.
