FINAL EURO 2022 REWIND: Goosebumps On The Pitch And After Party Shenanigans 🤣

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2:11Hello and welcome to the rest of Football Daily Brightness. We've made it to the final episode of our Euro 22 Rewind series and we have got a treat in store for you. If you didn't catch the semi-final episode or indeed any of the others from the 2022 tournament, head back and listen to those first. You'll find them all on the Daily Brightness feed. Right, Bestie, we left the listeners at the end of last episode recounting that emphatic 4-0 win over Sweden. Let's talk about post-Sweden heading into the final. Unbelievable. Do you know what springs to mind straight away? Doing that dance, I remember we'd always do that same dance.

2:47me and Jill would do this dance, then we'd go round and we'd spot our families out in the crowd and then we'd go and have our debrief. I just remember that that was such a distinct moment for me, realising you're going round cheering with the fans and we're like, holy shit, we're actually in the final. It was like a pinch me moment. It can't be real, can't be happening. That was probably the first time where we got a bit of a glimpse of how excited the fans around us were because it was popping at Bramall Lane, wasn't it? It was ridiculous. And then I remember... It was popping off. It was popping off.

3:22And then I remember getting back to Lensbury. I don't think we slept that night. No, and everyone was just like, oh my God, you're in the final. Like, everyone was so gassed for us. I think, yeah, that's when you probably got the first bit of a taste of like, oh my God, we could do something here. Because I think regardless, like win or lose, the nation was so proud of us. And that was what we set out to do. We were in the final. Exactly. We've inspired the nation. We've inspired the next generation. That was our main mission going into this whole tournament. We had like a bit of a pinch me memory.

3:50I remember us sitting in the room being like, hey, we're in the final. What the hell? Yeah, we were, what the hell? But don't you think it was weird? Like after that night, we kind of woke up as if we'd not made the final and it was like back to business. It was back to normal routine. Wake up, go to wellness, get your breakfast, go to recovery. Those that didn't play trained, we'd cheer them on, we'd have a laugh, we'd go play basketball. And then it was like, we're just on a normal schedule. it was like we'd not made a final yeah the night before we were like holy shit we're in the final and we were like couldn't sleep and we were buzzing and no i remember the best the funniest thing because we stayed at tottenham's training ground didn't we the night before the final yeah that's what i remember we were so yeah we were so excited because we were like as much as we loved the lens but it was like just a change of scenery for the night it was like yeah we got there and it was like this beautiful hotel but it was it was all like a smart room unbelievable So I remember trying to get into the room.

4:45I'm like, well, how do you turn the lights on? There's no switch. I'm like, well, like, where is it? Everything's controlled by, like, an iPad or something, wasn't it? Yeah. I couldn't find how you open the curtains. But the funniest thing was, right, I'll never forget this. We woke up that morning and we got to breakfast. first and everyone I was like anyone's curtains open in the middle of the night and there was so many of us were like oh my god literally night before the final I'm like it's like we're away from home here like someone's you know when you like you think oh you're the away team like if that happened to Germany like maybe we've set their blinds to open at three o 'clock to wake them up like that's what it felt like I'm like why are all of us awake at like three or four in the morning because all of our blinds are just going I just slept through everything though.

5:39Mine must have been going open like this throughout night and I didn't even notice. Shock I woke up. I was laying there and I was like, is it morning? Is this like a private alarm that happens and they just open the curtains for you? Because no joke, literally, I was laying there and I thought, is that noise? Everyone in the team was like, oh God, you and Jill, you and Jill cracked me up that morning. We were like shocked. It's the morning of the final. We're playing at Wembley against Germany the blinds are going off at three four o 'clock in the morning I couldn't believe it I was like how how's that happened but anyway that was again it was like another story to tell add it to the list but then I will never ever ever ever ever forget the moment that after breakfast we went and sat in your room no I was in my room next door to you and I sat there and I was getting ready and I thought because we always did this didn't we we got ready and then one of us would knock on for the other one or we'd have five minutes before we left the room and i came into your room earlier than we we were going to leave mine's always disco room in it you just follow the music no but we sat there quietly first what was that what was our song we had a song that we played every game unstoppable by sia i remember sitting at the end of your bed and we both ended up standing up on that um like bench thing just absolutely screaming our lungs off singing and then we just stopped and I was like we're going to Wembley in 10 minutes to go play in the final and we were just like in disbelief weren't we were like this is this real but we did that the night before we had a cup of team you turned to me and you said Mil we could be looking back and telling our children me and you me and your mum's won like the Euros like at Wembley and that's what we said to each other the night before you turned to me and you was like we could be telling our kids that we've won the euros i was like we were like we could be european champions and i think that's the first time we'd ever spoke about anything like that wasn't it like we never ever spoke about like going on and winning it or never and then the night before it was like well it's here now like why yeah we kind of like let ourselves like look into that a little bit whereas before it was just like i've just literally just got goosebumps then it's crazy that was such a good memory all right just before we get into the game itself we're gonna go for a quick break and discuss the actual match.

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10:04Welcome back, everyone, to the Rest is Football Daily Brighteners. we are now going to get into the grand finale which is the day of the final playing at Wembley against Germany when we won Rach what a day what a day oh what a day oh what a day everyone says like oh well you're nervous like what was it like walking out in like in front of 87 000 fans and honestly incredible we were warming up we do our same routine we warm up together don't we do a little pass and you said something to me i was like i can't hear you do you remember and we were trying to talk to you then we literally couldn't hear a word you were saying and you were literally let's put it in to bring it to light for the people listening me and rachel used to do passing together yeah and we do like little like you know when you bop it on you call it a pancake and then you do two touch we were literally five yards away from each other five yards and this girl's screaming back at me I can't hear you and I was like I can't hear you literally trying to like talk to you like how you feeling I remember that in the game that was like the one thing that I remember is like I couldn't hear much at all couldn't hear shit mate no you couldn't hear anything everyone were looking at each other like cross it shoot whip it

11:26i hope chloe i hope me those listening and chloe whip it whip it oh my god why did we do that i actually need to find out that story why we started that i can't remember

11:45but yeah that was my distinct memories like not being able i remember because obviously i was playing left back and I was near Serena at one point I was like I can't hear you either I was like what

11:59not raised giving gaffer some stick oh god it was too funny it was like what did she say I'm like I don't know we were like pass it on

12:13oh god but what a game that was like like it was those chances both ends yeah well they didn't have a pop dropped out didn't she in the warm-up which i everyone was like pop drop it but yeah i think that was the talk of the pre-game wasn't it oh pop yeah but you know what i was a bit gutted you know I was so I was so pumped to like play against like she's such a beast like she's such a hard striker to defend and I was like this is it these are the moments you want to win whilst the best are on the pitch and like playing up against one of the best strikers and she was like their biggest threat she's always spoke about and she's their target and then she didn't play I was like oh I was a bit like I really really wanted you to play like I was so ready for like that challenge and to play against her and it's actually quite nice playing against a striker that can actually go in like proper hard on like with a 50-50 yeah but I know there was so much talk about that just before we were like okay whatever don't matter move on we're prepared they've still got unbelievable players it's fine exactly but it was so calm like I just remember it like the changing room was chilled bit eerie because I was like we're in the final but like everyone's just the same.

13:28It does make me worry sometimes, you know, when you're playing in a massive game and like it's a little bit quiet, but it weren't quiet, like nervous quiet. Everyone was just doing their own thing. Some had headphones on. Same as normal, wasn't it? It was just the same. But you do start getting in your head and you think, oh God, do we need to pump it up a bit? Do we need, like me and you were always dancing or doing a little jiggle or whatever. But yeah, it did. It was a little bit eerie, like you said. And even I remember now exactly what I felt in that lineup, like when we stood there waiting to go out of Wembley, one of the best stadiums like one of my favourite stadiums to play in and you could just feel like the noise of the fans like it was it was honestly electric and then all smokes going off flames are coming up and I think I just kept looking round at you like and we were probably like giggling some at hmm it was very normal wasn't it it was just so bizarre like it was yeah it was crazy when I think about that game like Tooney's goal Ridiculous The pass from Kira Nah Like Honestly As soon as she put it through And it was too early I was like goal No problem I absolutely sprinted too I've never ran so fast in my life I was absolutely gassed Even when they scored though But that goal was insane Yeah even when they scored You just felt that feeling didn't you You were just like No one panicked We were just like I was annoyed Because I was like Fuck Like as a defender You never want to concede And I was like Fuck But then you instantly move past it Like And I've been in games where teams have scored and I've thought, oh shit, this is going to be tough to come back from.

14:58But when that went in, we were just like, all right, get the ball, go again. And the last five minutes felt like an hour. I was like, keep that ball in the corner. And I just kept looking across at Lee and I was like, we better defend for our lives. And we were just like, keep it there, keep it there. But it felt, the five minutes was the longest five minutes I've ever, ever felt in my life. It was weird, wasn't it? Because obviously it got, when it went to extra time, I was, I was off the pitch then because I got brought off just before the full time. And I was thinking to myself, I can't do this.

15:32Like, I can't, I can't mentally sit here with this stress and literally on the edge of my seat, I was just like, oh my God, oh my God, oh my God, oh my God. and I remember sitting there and I was just like, I was nervous, but I knew we were going to win, but I was like, when's it going to come? When's it going to come? When's it going to happen? And then the 110th minute, honestly, but from a sub's perspective, like from the bench at Wembley, I like didn't know it had gone in at the time. I was just like, it was a bit of a scramble, wasn't it? How Chloe put it in. Yeah, to be fair, well, Chloe was waiting for ages.

16:04She was like, is it a goal? Is it a goal? Is it a goal? And we were all like looking around like, do we celebrate? What is it? What is it? and then when it got like said that it was a goal, fuck, did we go off? And then the shirt came off. Woo-hoo! Yeah. Iconic. Get it off. Absolutely iconic. It was just, and I've never felt a stadium like that. It erupted. Absolutely erupted. I can't stop getting goosebumps. This is mad. I couldn't breathe. It's crazy. I honestly could not breathe when that goal went in and then I was like, my God. And then we just did an absolute masterclass of time wasting.

16:36Literally. I ran that clock down for 10 minutes. it's like put that ball in the corner keep it there that's what we're good at it was amazing incredible and then i remember obviously when the whistle went we just looked at each other started crying didn't we i couldn't believe it just dropped to my knees i was just flooded with like tears like it was just emotion like holy shit like what we achieved we all knew that when we won it weren't just a medal it weren't just silverware we'd changed the whole nation like Yeah, it wasn't just for us. It was for everyone there. It was everyone in the country.

17:09It was just like, yeah, it felt like history. Way bigger than just a trophy, like way bigger than any trophy you've ever lifted. Because we'd always said throughout the tournament, like you said, it was always about inspiring the next generation, creating a legacy, and then like building something for the next generation and changing the country, like changing perspective of women's football and women in general and women in sport. And we did that. like yeah there's nothing that's more powerful than that like you're not just winning a medal and that's why it was so special yeah even watching the girls win this time around it was more than just a medal for so many reasons personal reasons like outside reasons and that's what hits you as a player like you're like every time you look at that that medal now it's like all those little special moments or whatever it might be is attached to it it did it felt like a bit of a turning point didn't it it was so nice and obviously seeing your family up there like when you're getting your trophy and stuff.

18:02It was like such a nice feeling. But then came the celebrations. Oh, get on the beers. We were straight on it. And then, yeah, we did. We just went back to the Lensbury, didn't we? All the family and friends came and they were allowed to be with us and we just had a big after party, which was really nice. I just loved that they allowed family and friends to come back and then we all celebrated with them. Like that was one of my favourite things. And it was nice for them to like see fully like where we'd been staying and where we'd been for the last eight weeks, six weeks. It was a really nice moment, that.

18:36Yeah, it was. It was so, so nice. And then there was the next day. Obviously, that was mad because we'd obviously partied all night and we were like, everyone has to be out the door by nine o 'clock. And I remember going into that meeting room and we were all just sat there like this. And we had to get on the bus and go to Trafalgar Square and be present in front of all the fans. Rachel, that night, Jill Scott did not have a room. she stayed in my room when I tell you we were laid in my bed at 5am I just got a shower and came out and Jill there and she started rapping she made a rap like I remember people sleeping in the hallways there were people being sick Jill had no room she was like Millie I've got no room so we're gonna have to get in bed I was in Jill's room that's why she had no room because my brother was in my room and his mate I remember that yeah so Jill came with me and at 5am we literally didn't have an ounce of sleep not a wink of sleep and she sat there she's like should we make a wrap up and I'm like, well, yeah, if you want to.

19:33And then we went to Trafalgar Square. Yeah, but we all had sunglasses on for a very good reason. Oh, yeah, I don't know how we even managed to get through that day, to be honest. And then Leah threw me onto the stage to sing. Absolutely. I was like, no, not here, absolutely not. Yes, best do. And then your backup dancer. And did you see that Chloe and Lucy did our dance? Yeah.

20:01Oh, that was so good. That was one of my favourite days, that. Insane. And I love that, like, they did it again. And then, oh, Serena and Burner Boy, by the way, how funny. Her face was a picture. Because those of you that don't know, like, Serena absolutely loves Burner Boy, doesn't she? Do you remember when we were on the music and she was talking about it? Can we have some Burner Boy? I was like, what? We were like, yeah, if you want to. But I half thought she was joking, but she actually does like love him like she's a proper fan she's been to like his concerts with her daughter ain't she yeah that was sick though like watching those celebrations that's when i was like oh my god get me up there i want to be partying with the girls it was so sick that was a good day wasn't it it was a memory that like a core memory i think that we'll keep forever but yeah what what an experience like i hope you've all absolutely loved us reliving that moment because honestly talking about it with you and like doing these episodes has been like so nice to actually like relive it and you remember some of the things that you exactly you talk through some of the things that you don't always remember it's really nice I've loved it so hope you guys have absolutely loved it it's been an emotional journey reliving our Euro 22 win we hope we've given you some goosebumps because I certainly got some and that is the rest is football daily brightness remember to hit subscribe and hear great stories from our careers and much much more goodbye from me Goodbye from me.

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