No one could stop them ~ A.R

~ seventy ~

Olivia's pov

We won the match against Italy thanks to Rachel scoring two goals.

Not much happened that match. Less didn't play either so me and her were cuddled up on the subs bench together, less tracing patterns on my bump as we watched the match.

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Our final match was today and everyone was in good spirits.

It was against Belgium. If we won the match and didn't let Belgium score more than two, we had won for the second year running.

"Can you do the captain speech today?" Leah asks me on the coach

"No, lee, you're captain, not me." I tell her

"Yeah, but you'd still be captain if you weren't pregnant. I'll still do a talk but I want you to do one too, please." Leah says

"Fine, but only because you said please."

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"I know I'm technically not your captain anymore, but Leah wants me to do a talk. You've all been playing so well. No matter what the scoreline is tonight, whether we win or not, I'm proud of every single one of you. Being on the sidelines has really shown me how every one of you play, and let me tell you, you all deserve to be here. Mistakes are made in matches, so don't get yourself up if you do make a mistake. You've all been fantastic during training and it's shown in the last matches. Keep doing what you're doing. You've got this, okay? And remember, if it feels wrong to shoot, then shoot." I finish, saying Ellen's line that she told me. I had never forgotten it, and I never will.

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The lineups had been confirmed too.

Mary was in goal, like normal, Lucy, Millie, Leah and Alex were at the back, G, Kiera and Ella were midfield with Lauren James, Chloe and Less up front.

The match begins and I take my place sat next to Hempo and Ellie.

In the 12', LJ makes a run down the wing and crosses it into Chloe who taps it in.

Just before second half, Leah manages to make it 2-0 by a header from Lucy.

She celebrates before tapping the  armband and pointing to me.

I shake my head at her and she laughs.

At half time, we all go into the changing rooms and I sit on lessi's lap whilst everyone gets a drink.

"Keep doing what you're doing, baby. You're doing amazing." I tell her

"Thank you, my love. I'll try my best my three girls." She tells me

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The second half starts and Chloe manages to bag herself another goal. Ella had a shot but it was saved and fell right to Chloe's foot and she taps it in again.

Less takes a few more shots that were good but were unfortunately saved by the goalkeeper.

She then came off in the 72' for Rach and sat next to me.

"Well done, my love." I kiss her cheek

Just five minutes later, g crosses it into the box and a Belgian defender goes to intercept it but instead, kicks it into the goal. 4-0 to us.

Chloe gets fouled on the right wing and as a result, we get a free kick.

Hempo takes the free kick and Rachel headers it. The ball doesn't quite reach the goal but it works perfectly as a cross and Lucy taps it in.

At that point, I knew they had won it. It was just waiting now.

Two minutes later though, a Belgian player scores a screamer and makes it 5-1.

In injury time, G takes a shot and it's blocked, the ball rolls out of the box to Leah who shoots it into the bottom right corner.

Within ten seconds after the match resets, the final whistle blows.

All the subs, including me, even though I'm not in the squad, go onto the pitch and hug everyone.

I go and sit on the subs bench again as everyone is rewarded their medals.

Leah's the last one to get her medal and as she does, she grabs the trophy and makes her way to the stand that has been set up.

"Where's Livvy?" I hear her ask

"Over there." Hempo points to me

"Liv, come." Leah calls me over

"I can't, lee. I'm not in the squad." I remind her

"I don't care. Come help me lift it." Leah tells me

"Lee, I can't." I sigh

"Baby, come here. We all agreed that if it wasn't for your talk, we wouldn't have won. Now, come here." Less says to me

"You won because you're all fantastic players. You didn't win because of me." I tell them

"Liv, go over there. Even though your name wasn't on the squad list, you're always gonna be part of the squad." Sarina tells me and I sigh in defeat as I walk over to them all.

Everyone lets me get to the front to where Leah is and we lift it together.

Confetti gets let off as we do and music starts playing.

"Thank you." I tell Leah as everyone takes it in turn to lift it.

"Thank you, cap." Leah says and puts the captain armband on me. "I may be captain for the time being but you're always going to be captain for as long as you play football, and just because you're pregnant, isn't going to stop that."