Ellie Roebuck Exclusive Interview

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1:48hello everyone welcome to daily brightness as you can see we have got a very special guest today she is our official first guest we know we had bestie bestie on sarah but she's basically part the podcast so ellie roebuck everybody warm welcome hi guys roebuck you're on the podcast i'm really nervous for this why because i know what you do a lot oh we're gonna dig it all out here where should we actually even start with ellie to be fair she's one of our both of our really good friends she's a fellow yorkshire girl so So we love that. I feel like with Ellie, it was one of those things like when I first met Ellie, probably the same for you, Mil.

2:33You just naturally gravitate towards people that are like you. And as soon as I heard her speak, I was like, yeah, she's going to be mine. She's one of us. Protecting bubble, isn't it, Yorkshire? It is. As soon as I hear her Yorkshire accent, I'm like, yeah, I'm like, do you want a cup of tea? Should we have a chat? Let me get to know you. We can become friends. It didn't take long for us, to be fair. Before we start picking your brain and, you know, our fans and us, we want to hear all about you, your life, football. Me and Rach both feel the same. And we just want to say, we think you're an amazing human.

3:02You are one of our good friends and we really appreciate you coming on. But yeah, I just wanted to say how proud I am of you for the last couple of years. And honestly, it's so, so nice to see good people, having good things come to them. And it's so nice to see you doing what you do best, shot stopping, just being an unbelievable person and player. and yeah I think we feel really lucky that you wanted to come on the pod and share all the goss thanks girls I really appreciate it you're just amazing friends to me um and I'm super grateful for your friendship and I get spent every day with Rach now which is lovely something that I love like honestly when Ellie said when Ellie texted me and was like what's Villa like I'm like amazing everything is amazing every day you know you're going to trade in you're like you got your mate there and you just feel comfortable and I thought get in like as soon as she signed I just felt like oh it's like a bit of home coming back to you and having such a good mate there but everyone knows how good Ellie is at football but it's the fact that she's the most unbelievable person and to get her into the team for me was huge like having someone like her in the team and being around her every day and honestly just seeing her get back to her best and play with a smile on her face because it's obviously something that you love doing and you are insanely good at you're literally gassing me up now aren't you with this podcast it's what we do it's it's what the podcast is all about but we're only speaking the truth let's let ellie talk we obviously you've had a pretty decorated career so far and you're only 26 um talk us through it talk us through the beginning like how did you get to aston villa from where you where you started from it's really funny actually you just saying that because i never think of it like that you just live your life for like what you're in at the minute and you kind of probably forget what's happened in the past a little bit and i'm probably guilty of that obviously i had started my career at a city and had an amazing nine, ten years there.

4:51And I loved every second of it. And that was kind of like what I called home. So for me, like I never knew any different. And I had an amazing goalkeeper coach there who was like my second dad. And I just absolutely loved working for him. And then I kind of feel like everything happened really quickly, played quite quickly, got in the England team really early, which I was super grateful for. And you probably just take their moments for granted. I think you only really take a step back when things don't go well I think my last year at City was pretty rough and I think then you realise kind of what football means you realise who your people are you realise maybe you should enjoy the good moments a little bit more than you do and then obviously a lot of things happened I had the stroke I think that whole period, maybe I tried to block it out but it was quite a rough period actually, not quite looking back now obviously I'm nearly two years on actually in a few weeks probably like is the best and worst yeah baby it's probably the best and worst thing that that happened to me because I learned a lot about myself I think I was very much like in that football bubble of you know just being like consumed with it I feel like my life now I take a lot more care with I enjoy the moments like I've got an amazing family as you both know too right girl I did actually have a big bear hug off your dad yesterday which was nice he's the best is the best um else just on your just before you move on on that just if you're comfortable talking about it because i think it's important for people to understand is the effect that you know having that stroke had on you like not only mentally but physically like with football and without football because i think something that me and rake speak about a lot is people still don't see players as like humans we're still we're still seen as like robots and i think just because we don't share everything that's not to say it's not happening I remember actually speaking to you two when I was in a pretty rough place with football and a lot of people from the outside don't really see that like maybe they see you know you're on the bench you're not in the squad and that is life in football 100 % but I think it is really important that you know we are as humans for me I think when the stroke happened like obviously it was a shock I think a shock to everybody was really hard because you know what I was like, I was, I love training.

7:09I love doing all the stuff. And I really just felt like that independence was just ripped from me completely. You know, like wasn't allowed to train, wasn't allowed to carry shopping, wasn't allowed to walk the dog, all the things that I'd been like capable of my whole life, scared to walk the dog, scared to be on my own. My mum and dad were doing like shifts on staying in my house, you know, and I had a one bedroom apartment, they were sleeping on the couch because I was just scared. And I think when something like that happens you you take away football you know it doesn't matter anymore you find out what matters most and I think definitely moving forward that's something I've taken I'm super grateful that I'm able to play football again and it's the thing I love most but for me more importantly spending time with friends spending time with my boyfriend spending time with my family because really when that's all taken away that's what you've got yeah well you are glowing in life let us tell you that for free I am right at the beginning like was it like an instant thing like I think it's important for people to maybe get a bit of an understanding of like how not how it happened but like how was it signs was it symptoms was it instant yeah it was strange really because it wasn't like the classical things that you maybe like associate with a stroke for me it was like quite different you know like I had like nausea and I just felt like off that's only how I could describe it like and it was like maybe a six-week period where it could have happened and we still don't know you said the other day didn't you that you thought you were pregnant yeah literally because I was just like nauseous all the time and like dizzy and yeah it was just a really strange period where I just felt like super distant really off and I was like trying to figure out what was up and I was training at this point like training through it and there was kind of a tipping point like I remember training and traveling to Spurs away and just being like violently sick and couldn't stop being sick and I was like no there's definitely something wrong here so I was the one who actually asked for the head scan because I just I don't know you just had I said like six cents that yeah something was off and then lo and behold I never imagined that but yeah then it just kind of all spiraled and it was like maybe a six-week period where I was just like in and out of hospital having tests having everything and it was really difficult I couldn't tell anyone either because I didn't know yeah what caused it what had happened what the future looked like like I was still trying to get all the answers you probably were still processing it as well That took so long, Mills.

9:24Honestly, that whole period, it was just a mess. And luckily, I had really good support around me. And yeah, here we are. That must have been a massive, massive shift for you to then go on and move to Barcelona. I think obviously having the faith from them that they would take that leap of faith on someone who's had such a trauma. It was wild. because like I'm speaking about like I say the date is the 4th of February because that's when I got diagnosed like I got the diagnosis but it was a six week period before that and in that whole six week that it could have happened and I was feeling rough I was training every day I did my full medical at Barcelona so I was still like performing and you know being all right but just with this cloud of knowing something wasn't right so I would say like if you do have a sixth sense about anything then it's always better to get checked than not I think that's a really important message but I'm really grateful for Barcelona because I signed the pre-contracts in the January and they stuck by me for that whole period of rehabbing not really knowing what was happening and then yeah as soon as I got there that probably one of the most special like parts of my life because I took that leap of being somewhere for 10 years and not like leaving home being closed home you know and then in this whole midst of chaos just think like oh I'll just move to another country and go and play for the best team it was just it was a bit wild as you do and but like it was something you can't turn down you can't say no and I just fought for that six months I didn't know if I was like would be able to get back to a level or get back playing I just thought I've got to give it everything because even if not like I've heard if I go for a week and I'm just absolutely abysmal at least I've said I've done it and that was like my what was your aim else like returning obviously from something that's can be so traumatic like what was your what was your mindset like returning to to playing were you like no I'm definitely coming back or you're like you know I'm just going to be grateful for every day and I want to just see if I can get back yeah it was a weird process really because I couldn't do anything for 12 weeks that was like the restriction you know like that drove me insane yeah but actually I didn't even want to do anything because I was just so scared how did you cope with that in itself because for anyone that doesn't know ellie robert if we were on camp ellie would be the first one away before sunrise she would have done a 10 mile walk she'd have gone up and down the beaches if we were somewhere sunny should have explored and found a new coffee shop yeah probably experienced three or four of them and come back like obviously that was the way you kind of like started your day kind of coped with everything and that was your little thing so having that removed then how did you how did you cope with like that 12 week of having everything that you wanted to do like a lot of the stuff I used to do like looking back now it's just all distraction like it was all like just a mental thing where like you know you're just so in your head that you try and distract and you know you do stuff and like I just always struggle to be present with where I was and that's something now that I'm I definitely don't walk 10 miles in the morning now you know like that's mate you should honestly be so proud of yourself because like realizing things like that are not they're not easy and also sometimes people are scared to to admit that things are distractions like i honestly think you should be so proud of of the journey you've been on and what you've learned about yourself and openly saying these things because i think other people could take so much from this conversation sit back and be like shit i do things like that like and then it starts you actually start sitting in yourself and and sitting in your own presence and peace and thinking you know what if i take a little bit more time for myself i can realize where i may be distracting myself so honestly I think it's it's so powerful what you're doing yeah I just think don't don't ever take it for granted like what you've what you've gone through because yeah for sure you should be really proud you're such an inspiration though at just 26 like you've actually been literally you are you've actually I don't think you realize like what you've been through and done when I think about like what you've actually gone through like the stroke is how you've handled that and come through and I honestly I just I think when it happened for me it was like I don't give a shit sorry if you ever play football again I want you to be healthy and yeah that was as a friend I was like when I saw the news I was like no like what like I just wanted to like protect you like wrap you up in a ball of cotton wool but I think one coming back from that I think if you talk about your like journey as a whole like you you came into the England squad at a young age what people don't understand is that goalkeepers go through a lot like to get to be number one at club or country, especially country, is probably one of the hardest things to do.

13:57Being England's number one at such a young age and then getting injured and then having to sort of work your way back into that, insanely difficult. Like, again, you probably used all those things as a distraction for that reason. But again, alongside doing that, you were the best teammate and that's all I ever heard from the goalkeepers that Ellie is the best teammate possible. She's unbelievable, hard thing to do. city you had a rough ride at the back end near korea getting up and getting out of that while dealing with having a stroke moving it to another country leaving all your family behind leaving your home behind leaving the club that you've grown up with behind to then deal with rehab of all of that yeah and then come back like you've honestly it's not just one thing like i feel like you've gone through a hell of a lot yeah it's not being that smooth sailing but she's yorkshire and guess what we do we just get on with it don't we also achieved so much yeah yeah it's mad it is it's weird to think about but it's i don't know like it is funny because i look back and you win things lose things and that is football but like for me the things i remember like this the stupid things like like i was saying to you the other day at the olympics when you bought a generator to make coffee I did I did didn't I tell the story tell the story for our listeners I was laughing when she said it to me the other day I was like oh my god I forgot about that that bloody thing weighed about 30 kilograms in my damn case Kevata Kevata Kevata put it in Kitvan because it was like we were in Tokyo at the Olympics and it was Covid so it was like pretty rough time to be fair we weren't allowed out of our rooms whatever it were awful weren't it it was And these two were sharing a room.

15:42I was sharing with Toonie. And we had curfews and all sorts, guards on the door. And we couldn't get coffee. So these two bought a generator and this pod machine. I downloaded Amazon Japan. I've still got the account. I don't have to shut it down. And these bought this generator. And obviously everyone needs coffee. So I remember sneaking to their room to get this coffee. I go in their room. It's like, honestly, Bob the Builder in there. They're rearranging furniture. because we went on our rooms and these two are just rearranging their room every five minutes it's like literally what you do with your house now just changing it now it makes sense now I know why she said Mia let's turn the beds let's face them towards each other so we can chat you had banners hanging down and everything Yorkshire I had a Yorkshire banner what my mum got me I can picture it now I can literally picture that room now right at the end of the corridor honestly sneaking out and then just sitting in the corridor with our brewers.

16:40They're the memories. I don't really care about the football. They were the core memories of the trips. I think that's something that we all share in common, though. Whenever we talk about our careers, it's never about football. It's always about the lapses. No, it's never about the trophies. It's like, oh, remember when you did that? You nearly broke your back. Yeah. Oh, we've had some good times, haven't we? Really good times, Ron. Honestly. Right, guys. Time for us to take a quick break, but we'll be back very soon with more things from Ellie Robux. So good, so good, so good. Spring styles are at Nordstrom Rack stores now, and they're up to 60 % off.

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18:32So today we want to talk about what grassroots football really gives you and why it still matters, even as the game grows at the top. So, Rach, come on, tell us some memories. Your first memories of grassroots football. How did it start? So I played for my local team called Killing All Nomads, which at the time my dad played for and my brother played for. And the pitches and everything was just at the back of my house. So it was really handy for me to go. I went up there every day and trained on my own anyway. Well, trained, kicking the ball around. But it was amazing. The club was amazing. I have such fond memories of playing there.

19:05and actually it's where I've just opened, you know where you do the opening of the pitch? Yeah. The foundation. That's really cool. Yeah, so mine's up there now. But it took an army of people to make it happen, you know what I mean? Like you've got so many people that are volunteering, you've got people like my stepdad was groundsman, was like lining the pitches out, you know, coaching and stuff like that. And it took ages for us to get a girls team. So I was always just playing with a lads team, killing all nomads lads. And then we made a girls team and it literally was just anyone and everyone that wanted to kick a ball, really.

19:36And that was a bit of a hard job trying to get girls wanting to play football back then. But yeah, amazing memories of grassroots football. What about you? Killer Marsh Dynamoes. Killer Marsh Dynamoes, the one and only. No, I just think on that point as well, I think it's not till you get older that you reflect and you realise how many people it took to make what we had and how many people volunteered and kind of did things out of goodwill. My fondest memory is my dad, after training, he always used to, like we're right on the bottom, so it is like a bottom of Kilimarsh. Again, where my pitch is from the Euros, and people can walk the dogs around the edges.

20:13And I remember after training, my dad had his steel toe caps on when he'd been a builder, and he'd just boot the ball in the air. That's probably why I've got no brain cells today. And I'd just be there like this, like, waiting for it to come down. He'd be like, head it, head it. And mum would be like, Stephen, stop kicking it so high. But, yeah, I just remember having fun, but I always remember everyone wanting to help and I think that's one of the things that stands out for me being a kid is I think that's one of my biggest learnings is everyone wanted to help. Everyone wanted to be there. Everyone wanted to help.

20:43Everyone wanted to take part. It's like an all-day thing on a weekend as well, isn't it? There's back-to-back games, people that are helping out and stuff. Where I played and stuff, the fields I was talking about, it was just like a changing rooms. You open up the facility. There was no girls' changing rooms. It was just like a free fall. Everyone's getting changed wherever. I went back not long ago because they have a cafe there now and it's called The Daily Brew. So they named it after me. And there's like pictures of me in there and stuff. Could you, your big time? Got me a little coffee shop.

21:13Not a Lionel's legend or anything. It's even people that work in there, you know, volunteering. And like, it's just, it's amazing to go back and see what they do now for the kids and how much it's developed and how I think the FA are really helping with that. But when we started, I mean, there was nothing, was there? You literally show off. We'd have dogs coming around chasing a ball and then before you know it, the ball would be popped. So grateful for grassroots football. Right, Mills, we talked about what meaningful support looks like. British Gas supports grassroots football in practical ways.

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23:02Was it going to Barcelona where that was your turning point, where you were like, right, I'm going to maybe appreciate the good times, life a little bit more and put myself as a priority and not just football? 100%. I would say that my year on the pitch with Barcelona was obviously really difficult. I wasn't at the level I needed to be at and that for me was really hard because I'd kind of earned that right to be there. and when it came I didn't feel like I could fulfill it to my full potential which was difficult and you know I'm grateful for everything that came with that the friendships I made and stuff it was just one of the most unbelievable things I've ever done living in that city with the people the culture like I loved it it sounds really strange now but that still feels like home and I'm just living in Birmingham yeah it's so weird because I formed such a like a bond with it and me and Alex we always say like that's something we want to end up kind of living just like for the lifestyle and just because I felt so at peace there.

23:59So you don't want to live in Birmingham for the rest of your life? I'm really shocked at that. What? Newsflash! Newsflash! Well for anyone that knows me I do like the sun but I must say I do really like being at Villa. Yeah talk to us a little bit about your time at Villa so far you've been here what now six seven months I'm enjoying it the girls are great being back in the WSL for me it's obviously one of the best leagues in the world super competitive even still my time has been up and down you know it's not all like sunshine and rainbows but I feel like now I'm getting to a level where I'm quite consistent and feeling back to myself if not better you know I feel stronger I feel yeah just I'm really happy on the pitch and that's the main thing I'm able to play with a bit of freedom and I'm really enjoying that side of things and like say the girls great training is really fun yeah it's a nice environment to be in and like it brings other positives you know I'm close to my family and that really helps for you having your parents come down as much as they do like your dad's always up and down like I think it's just such legends by the way maybe sometimes you're like can you lot piss off because you never give me a minute but i say that and my mum used my house in barcelona like an all-inclusive holiday she was there all the time honestly i saw my mum more in spain than actually i do now like she's not interested in birmingham at all people she's not interested she only wanted to go to barcelona hey she's like you that's where you get it from she don't want gray skies darling no no she just wants the sun so that's where we're at but yeah it's nice for my dad to i mean he still trached around watching games where i weren't even playing over the last two years so now for him to be able to watch me play is really special.

25:41They are unbelievable. I also just think what you said about it's not all like roses and sunshines. I also think as well, like you stop expecting perfection in life. And I think the minute you change your mindset to that, because as athletes, I think we always strive for like, it's got to be perfect. This has to be done. This, this, this, this. Everything has to be perfect and you can't have a bad day. Whereas I think like now, I pretty much live in a space where if I have a bad day, I have a bad day. Nothing's perfect. Life isn't perfect. And look, we give everything to football. We literally do.

26:12I can say that for both of you. It's literally not sunshine and rainbows. You come to the weekend and that's the one day you've got to be on it and perform. Sometimes that just doesn't happen. And week to week, that can vary so much. You can be man of the match or you can be the worst player on the pitch. And sometimes you can't control that. It's moments. We're talking about small moments, small margins. You do your best to be at the level that you needed to be at. and sometimes it's just not possible. And I think that's probably something I struggled to deal with early in my career. And like you say, when you get older, you learn.

26:43And I think that also gives you a little bit of freedom and you probably play a little bit better from it as well, having that mindset. Something a little bit light-hearted, favourite moment on the pitch and favourite moment off the pitch to date? I think probably my highlight in football is probably when I played my first game for Barcelona, just because it was such a long time and it was just such a relief to just get back on the pitch. for many reasons. So probably I would say that was a real highlight. Not a bad team to be playing for either. Yeah. I mean, we've won so much in them. Their moments are all like really special for sure.

27:19But for me, that just like, that sticks out for more reasons. And then in life, do you know what I'm going to say? I'm going to pick one from most recently. How good was the wedding? Oh my goodness! That's what we won! What the? I wasn't expecting that. That one caught me off guard. The wedding was just unbelievable. Like, I had the best time ever. That's been like the common feedback from all my friends. And I'm like, yes, that is exactly what I wanted to happen. Sickest day ever. Robo, I've got that video where I propped my phone up. Best thing, I don't think I've even showed you. I propped my phone up and everyone was just jumping in.

27:54I don't know who that random guy was that were doing that hip thrusting towards the camera and hopping in, bless him. But it's so funny. And then you and Alex are dancing. Alex has got some moves. He's not stopped speaking about it. Him and his suit. He's like buzzing about his suit. Honestly. It's time to shine. He scrubbed up well. You both looked stunning. It's so nice to see you both glowing. Yeah, I love that. You could just do one every year. You could just do a party with the same people every year. Same day every year. Perfect. I love that. That's made me feel really happy. Right. This is my favourite thing to do.

28:26So every time we do an episode on the pod, I have a little part of it that's called block and delete, which you know I like to block if you piss me off too much I will block your number and it will be deleted yeah and I've started doing that with everything in life now and it's just the most peaceful thing ever because I'm just like if you've got no nothing good to bring to my life and you're just taking things away go in the bin yeah yeah so we thought we would bring that in for you and we want to know what your block and delete would be it could be something let's give an example so what did you say I said this week my block and delete is changing the damn bedding because why can't I just throw it on the bed and it just...

29:01I put one corner on and the other ping's off. Can I tell you a story, though, actually, about bedding? Because it just happened to me yesterday. Olive just got on the bed and peed on me on the bed. Also, let's just pause at Ellie's block and delete for a second because we need an introduction to the dogs. Do you want me to get them? Yeah. Yeah, we need an introduction. Oh, look at baby Olive. Hello, baby. Come on. Oh, look at Olive. She's so cute. And they put her down And how old's Olive? Five months And the first is gone What a babe Did they get on well? Yeah they love each other At first Johnny just ignored her for about two weeks Like she didn't egg nurse Oh she's here Oh lord Oh lord Right tell the story about Johnny please So basically we went for a walk It was snowing So I bought Johnny this onesie And he doesn't really like where he coats Like he hates it actually He just rolls about everywhere So we went for a poo And the onesie doesn't have a hole so he took food in the onesie inside the onesie so we had to obviously strip him off wipe him one with snow and ice to get it clean and then there's just this onesie with poo in it and i what did alex do rachel he went what we're gonna do with this then

30:22johnny must have felt so relieved because was the poo not like a texture where you could just tip it out no it was like bruns no but then after that right fast forward the walk we went to coffee shop after ellie sits down right picks up johnny still got poo on his bum all over a jumper he's a frenchie isn't he yeah so you have to wipe a french's bum when they go to toilet they can't it doesn't just come out it'd be like that sometimes as a pet owner you have to get your baby wipes i went through no end the baby wipes for zeus every day people like you wipe his bum he's not a baby I'm like yeah and I don't want shit on my sofa they just don't function very well do you no they don't the bum doesn't drop down it has to yeah anyway so you add poo on your leg and weigh on your bedding and weigh on my bedding so it's not been a good week for the dogs I'm not going to lie to you they're just testing you they do that sometimes all four of these are testing me they test you in the worst moments I think they do where you've already got head loss when you're already stressed they just come and dump on you anyway I love them I love stories like that right you block and delete do you know what is really annoying you know you have toothpaste around your sinkhole and everybody starts to clean it it really is leaving it dries and the big clumps as well like if it comes out it dries white all the time my sink's black as well so it's just a nightmare it is that's a great one yeah that is a good one we've not had anything like that it's getting me thinking outside a box it's only because I'll start to clean the bathroom tomorrow while it's off work good one right to end every podcast we like to end on a positive note and this is my favourite thing.

31:56So you've done Millie's and this is mine. So we do gratitude. Oh yeah, I was your gratitude, wasn't I, last week? Last week, yeah. So we say something that we've been grateful for that week. Johnny! Look at him! He's here. Come on then. Johnny! Oh, is he here? Oh, look at him! Oh, good boy. Yeah, so for example, last week, mine was you. It could be a person, it could be a thing. This week, I chose chickpeas. Could be anything small, it could be a person, an object. anything? Do you know who I'm grateful for, Rachel? Who? Alan, the physio. Oh, what a legend. Another Yorkshireman. This guy, one day I would love him to be my manager because the way he sees football, he's just like, just kick it and lump it.

32:39Get it in there off. Play football in there off. No messing about with it, Ralph Box. Just get it long. He's like, you know what? Tuesdays, I don't know why, it's active recovery days. Just half day off. You only get injured training. You don't get injured not training. Can we make a little petition for Alan for manager, please? It would be funny, wouldn't it, Rach? When I was training in the off-season, I obviously come in in the summer because I'm obviously local to the training ground. I used to come in and train in the summer and he'd say to me, I'm literally about to set off to do my runs.

33:09Obviously, our runs are solid. And he goes, hey, Rach. I'd say, yes, Al, what's up? I'm just about to go. He says, no, hang on a minute. What are you doing? Why are you running? You don't need to run. He's like that. He's like, you know, you're 33. 34 just give your ball what you running for you try and tell him that it's so easy football is so easy honestly I rate that well shout out to Al because you are Ellie's gratitude he's made me have some real belly laughs this week actually and that is what you need to be doing in life laughing or crying with laughter with laughter yeah well Els we hope you've enjoyed your first time on the pod it definitely won't be your last because we love having you on and yeah we've i feel like we've only just scratched the surface of all things ellie millie and rachel and i know people are going to be asking us about the generator now so rachel definitely gonna have to get some pictures out of that yeah oh girls what time i'll see you tomorrow see you tomorrow and millie i'll probably see you soon as well i'll see you soon because i'll be heading up your way very soon can't wait right guys thank you and we hope you enjoyed our first official guest we'll be back very soon and there's more guests coming your way bye bye

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