England Into Semi-Finals After Stunning Comeback & Crazy Penalty Shootout

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0:28pre-season program starts it's like the hardest thing ever what about you yeah i've really just taken a little bit of time to just do me really not been on any luxury holidays like you have because she sent me pictures every time you're away which has been nice but very jealous obviously we're going into a massive summer ahead for women's football we're going to be back in the lionesses aren't we always so a big thank you to shaw for always showing up for us on and off the pitch and supporting the podcast and thank you all for tuning in whether you've been with us from the start or you're just jumping in now there's so much more to come keep subscribing and keep watching this episode is brought to you by sofi the all-in-one finance app the sooner you start investing the more potential you have to build your money even for beginners sofi makes it simple with an easy to use app to get you going sofi is offering up to one thousand dollars in stock when you open and fund a sofi self-directed brokerage account learn more at sofi.com slash spotify brokerage offer through sofi securities llc member finra slash sipc terms apply this episode is brought to you by sofi the all-in-one finance app to bank borrow and invest say goodbye to account fees and give your bank balance a glow up with the sofi high yield savings account get over eight times the national average savings rate and an epic welcome bonus when you to sign up with eligible direct deposit.

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2:10Hey everyone, welcome to Daily Brightness. It is just me and Rach tonight. Ben is still in the stadium. He's going to be giving us all the goss on the next episode after speaking to the players. What a game. I'm knackered. I feel like I've played the game. It was exhausting to watch. Honestly, I was at the edge of my seat. My heart was like racing during them pens. But yeah, it was a bit of a shaky start, wasn't it? Yeah, I think a bit nonchalant, if I'm honest, to start with. And I was going to touch on that because obviously people do interviews and you see like, you know, Sweden should be scared.

2:42And if anything, I think that riled them up. and they were definitely not a team to underestimate in those opening minutes. And then on the flip side, I think Sweden thought they'd won it before they had made changes too early on. So that played into our hands. But again, subs have been absolutely outstanding for me. Like, unreal. We should give them a little click. The clickers. To be fair though, like... I love stuff like that. It's like one of them where she didn't make a typical like 60 sub, did she? So I thought, oh, like... Because we did actually start to really control it. there was momentum shift in that part of the second half.

3:16Do you know what? It was such a good game to watch. Like for me, that was a semi-final. Well, yeah, you said it before. It's a semi-final, wasn't it? So I think as a fan, it was a great game to watch. But I think the subs are just instant impact. Chloe's delivery always, always, always got something in the locker. Like for anyone obviously listening, unless you've played with Chloe Kelly, like I don't think you realise how good her delivery is. You just better be in that space because she will put it on a plate for you. But I think that's where like Lucy, Lucy was absolutely fucking unbelievable tonight, by the way.

3:49She was class. And she's basically got one leg by the end of it. Like that is. Not her strap and a leg up. That's a true like England player though. No, I literally thought that. That's what you need. You need players like that. You have to. When she scored, I just like, it was one of them I was just like, I knew she was going to score. Like she scored against Sweden last time, didn't she, in the Euros. She was unbelievable tonight. But when she scored a penalty, I just thought I literally wanted to say like greatest of all time like the best who have ever done it like she like embodies everything it is to be an England player like bodies on the line like doing a diving header on the halfway lining with two minutes to go like not bothered strapping her own leg not bothered she deserves all the success but she leads by example and for any youngster out there especially the England ones like take notes from Lucy Bronze because it doesn't matter what position you are like the mentality the desire like without that you'll never be successful.

4:44No, she, yeah. And without players like that in your team, you'll never succeed because if you don't have Lucy Bronze on the pitch tonight, we don't win. It's as simple as that. She just embodies England, doesn't she? And like what it means to like wear that shirt and the pride and you can feel how much it means to her. Like every time she steps on the pitch, but I was so happy for her. But she, again, I think she probably thought, Chloe's on, get myself in the box, get on the end of something. But honestly, the subs for me, I think every time they've come on, that's the intensity that I want to see from the start so for me I'm like next semi-final now I'm like start them like rather than put ourselves in that position I'm just like you know when you're just needing that little something from the beginning like for me they give you that that they really really do like they took us up a notch like every single time they come on it's a different game last like 15 minutes I just thought like oh yeah this is beautiful like this is so fun to watch like mate it was literally end to end there was no doubt in my mind that we weren't going to win that game like when like when when When the subs came on and started to do a bit, straight away, Chloe's first touch, delivery, goal.

5:45Two minutes later, delivery. Beth nods it down. Michelle scores. I thought those front three were incredible. I thought Mido's non-stop running, pressing, blocking, getting. They give you momentum. But for me, I'm like, we need to start showing that from the start of games because you start thinking of the semi-final, potentially the final. You look at the next opponent. like it's you've got to bring that energy and intensity from the minute because you've seen today's a lesson today's a lesson learned you can't go nonchalant into games honestly credit to sweden though because for me that could have gone either way the game could literally have gone either way like it was so good to watch but i'm just so so happy that we've we've gone through yeah so i didn't think it would go to penalties i thought first of all i thought we were going to win it in normal time because of the momentum that we had and we were just flying yeah then in extra time I thought oh it's ours but I think it was a really cagey extra time I think both teams were kind of like well it kept flipping though momentum was with us and then it went with Sweden then it went with us and then it went with Sweden that's why I'm like for me in open play the game could have gone either way it was who was going to make the mistake that was the game but then obviously like you said a little bit cagey neither team did they just pumped it long both teams and then it's penalties and my god I've never watched a penalty shootout like that me either I can't believe it when it was like sudden death I was like this is it this is it holy shit there's another miss there's another save I couldn't even work it out because I was like wait because the commentator was like oh if Sweden score this they win and I was like wait didn't Sweden go first I was like that like blacked out of like what's happened I was so confused but I would say there weren't the best round of penalties but you know what who gives a shit we got through it and that's all that matters hey listen no one will look back and reflect on that game you're through to the semis and that is that a win to win no matter how you get it done you are into the semis so fucking come on england come on listen before we get into the penalties we'll discuss them we're just going to take a quick break and we'll be right back this episode is brought to you by tinder people think they're dating is to just find the one mill but i think there's so much more to it than that we spoke about it before about you know you have a soul mate in life but you have a soul best friend and you're my soul best friend as you know i don't think it should be looked upon as just a dating app you might want just a companion or you know you could have an unexpected friendship blossom I think it's quite small-minded just to think of it as oh I have to find like a it's a relationship I'm looking for like no it's you could find a friendship and that could be someone that you rely on for the rest of your lives I think we've heard a lot of success stories from tinder from people in relationships and stuff but like you said it's not just about that it's about you might not get on with them romantically but they might become your best friend or someone that you can go to the pub with and have a drink with or go do a pub quiz with so i think there is a lot of success behind that as well it's not just finding the one yeah as you say tinder is for all types of connections and it works because on tinder a new relationship starts every three seconds from slow burners to instant sparks wherever it takes you it starts with a swipe download tinder today this episode is brought to you by sofi the all-in-one finance app where you can bank, borrow, and invest.

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9:51Welcome back, guys. Sorry I was jumping the gun by talking about the penalties, but we'll dive a little bit deeper into those. Did you think that was going to be the order of who would take them? I think I got everyone right who was going to take them, but I didn't know where LJ would go into that. I think maybe some would have been a little bit different. Really? I think some didn't look so confident stepping up, but I also think... No, but the personnel, did you think that they would be the ones that would take the first five? no I didn't think LJ would have took one see I did I can't remember correct me if I'm wrong but I don't think she likes taking penalties I don't know but I don't think she does but I just thought like she was playing well like you know she's feeling it like and I just thought she took that knock as well and I was just about to say I don't think either team had the best of quality pens I think there was three that were like decent Lucy's Alessia's and I can't remember the girl's name who literally roofed it into the net and close of course well the thing is I said I said straight way I was like right this keeper is completely cheating every time like did you notice that every single time she was going off to the right and then diving so early like with Alessia she was there but it was such a good penalty that she couldn't save that one either way but listen after 120 minutes what I will say is every single player I mean I think we've picked up a few injuries after that so I'm hoping everyone is getting wrapped in cotton wool ready for the semis but after 120 minutes of blood sweat and tears like body on the line everyone's took a knock defending for your lives attacking for your lives i wouldn't expect anyone's legs to be fresh after that oh my so i can't imagine stepping up to a pen fair play to every player that did for absolutely because that is that just takes you know also yeah i said with chloe right because i was like because the keeper was cheating i'm like yeah chloe smacks it like she's probably not going to save it anyway because she's world class but i said right before she took it i went she's going to switch this up here did you see a little smile to the keyboard yeah i know you better score now mrs kelly I literally said that because I was like, also if we didn't, they would have been through.

11:47But I think there's that level of confidence. So like you need that. Like you absolutely have to have those characters. And I mean, God, I'm excited for the semis. Jesus. Massive shout out to Hannah because bloody bust nose. Unbelievable. She's made some great saves in that game today. I think she really claimed her box today. I think she really dominated. And, you know, I don't think we see that enough from her. And I'm always telling her in games for Chelsea. Yeah. to go into those penalties with a blood all down her like to be fair to her right I thought she might have took a pen like I would have been intrigued to see where she went she always takes them at training always and I'll tell you what I remember when we were at Villa and she stepped up against West Ham literally car was like top corner I was like yeah she is unbelievable at them but also she had that when she got that nosebleed that was like the commentator said oh this might not be the best prep for it and I was thinking oh how's she going to deal with it and also let's not forget this is her first major tournament playing exactly and probably a first major like penalty shootout.

12:44So do you know what part of the bat? I thought, like I said, I thought she was so dominant tonight and I've been wanting to see that side of her for a long time. Like come through your defenders, knee them in the back, punch the ball away. Like that's your box. It's your area to dominate. Like take no prisoners. Don't care if it's us that you have to come through. And that's the first time I've really seen her like, just grab it by both hands and be like, this is my box. I'm defending it. I think the thing that I loved about tonight is like, obviously a lot of players played tonight and it just showed like the resilience to get through.

13:14Like, you know that penalty shootouts are not easy. Like we've took some big knocks, big hits. Like, Leah, God, I hope Leah's okay because that was nasty, nasty. So God, best wishes to Leah. And then it was LJ and I'm thinking, crap, is she going to make it through? Then Alex. Alex, shoulder. Then even Mido, she would have only one point. I was like, no, no, no, girls, get up, get up. Please get up, get up. Get a post emailing girl. And at least she's strapping her own leg. Alex is popping the pills. Hannah's got a tampon up her nose. I was like, no. It better be recovery 101 tomorrow. In fact, it better start tonight.

13:51It better start tonight. Bless their little hearts. And the fact that the game finished at like midnight. I know. But honestly, shout out to all the girls. We're so, so proud of you. We're looking for the semis. And please, please, please recover. Rest, recover. Rest up. Take your cherry juice. Don't go on the training pitch. just get to the semi-final and then put your boots on. Get to bed. We love you all and we can't wait for the semis. Honestly. But guys, thank you so much for listening. Obviously, you all know we jumped on straight after the game so it's super late. Rach has got to be up mega early for testing.

14:24I've got to get for rehab. We hope you enjoyed our little recap of the game and we will be back very, very soon. Keep subscribing. If you don't already, do it now. Come on, Lioness. Come on. See you soon, guys. Bye. We'll be right back.