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The round of 16 match against Canada is today. I have been looking forward to it. England played their match already and won which secured them a place in the quarterfinals. I want to do the same now. I know that Leah will support me and that makes me feel better.

I'm on the bus and see a video of Leah in an interview after her match pop up on my Instagram page. I put in my headphones and watch it. It's just one part of the interview. I didn't see that before. It just got published today.

"There were some pictures going around of you and one of the French players. Can you comment on that?" The reporter asks her. I get very nervous now. I see that Leah doesn't like the question. She seems irritated.

"I don't really know what I should comment on that except for the fact that this is high invasion of privacy. I don't want to talk about it more than it has been talked about already. We decided together that we want to keep this relationship private and it will remain like that. I love her and she loves me. I won't say anything else on that." Leah answers. She sounds very calm and collected and did that good. The reporter doesn't ask anything else. I kind of find it cute that she said that she loves me. It might have seem obvious but I still like that she clarified. I don't want people to think that we would just have a fling. Leah actually didn't tell me about this interview. I hope I won't be in some similar situation. I wouldn't have done that so cool.

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The match is going on very pacy. We all have to run a lot and I'm pretty exhausted. It's a hard match with a lot of work and effort. I always think about Leah watching me. That motivates me. I have a very good match today. I do some tackles and win every single one. I save a lot of passes from going through. Canada is aggressive but they can't get through. Right before half time we get a corner and all stand in front of the goal. The ball comes in good and I run forward a bit while keeping my eyes on the ball in the air. I jump up and head it towards the goal perfectly. It goes in and the stadium cheers. I can't believe that I just scored my first world cup goal.

We go into half time with us leading by 1-0. We need more energy for the second half. We need to be more dangerous in front of the goal.
We actually create more chances but still can't score. Canada is coming through now. They are playing over the right side and then pass inside the box. I run over and do a slide tackle. It's extremely risky and I hope I won't give away a penalty with that. I get the ball away perfectly without touching the player once. It was perfect and the ball is out of danger. This would have been a straight shot at goal.

We save the result over time actually. The match ends 1-0 for us. We need to be more clinical for the quarterfinals. Still I'm happy we won.
We get together as a team and our coach says a few words. Then we go thank our fans. I get called over and get told that I got the Player of the match award. I didn't think this would happen. I was good but I didn't think I would get this. I did score the winning goal tho. This match truly was one of my best.

I go over to receive my award and take a picture. Then I get stopped for an interview. It's the typical boring questions as always. That's why I hate interviews. But then it gets not so boring anymore.

"We saw that not only on the football pitch you seem to have a good run at the moment but also in your private life. We've seen you and England Captain Leah Williamson kiss here. How is that relationship working while being opponents?" The interviewer asks me. I hate this. I don't want to talk about it. I hate that he knows this and saw the pictures of me and Leah. I don't want everyone to see me in love.

"We just got to the quarterfinals and I won player of the match and this is the question you ask? Your job is to ask about the sport and not about my private relationship. I'm done with this." I say and lay the microphone down. This is disrespectful and I won't let this happen with me. I was probably too mean but I don't care. I won't speak about this in public. I want Leah in secret. Just me and her.