Our girls performed well for this leg. Lucy Bronze was awesome in this game.
Soo Hampton can move fast. Can I say Chelsea got a taste of their own medicine during those last minutes? I laughed when Cata took the time to get the ball back in play - Chelsea fans were outraged 🤣
Aitana is defo the player of the match. She is so smol but soooo amazing.
I was watching through DAZN and the commentators are just so... eh. I watched the match on mute because of them.
Onto the Finals! Let's get that cup again. Força Barça!
so much to unpack and analyse! but the main thing is that it was a gritty, hard fought win and like aitana said, we learned and adapted and gave them the same tricks back.
our girls bounced back in a big way (so happy for aitana to have gotten her flowers) and a much better turn of form for mariona. lucy turned up and was good for both of these legs. as for alexia, girl had to get her aggression out, and she knows when she needs to defend too 😉
anyway, i'm sure there will be a lot written over the next few days on what we have to improve and potential changes in formation and rotation because there are still a lot of matches left to play. and we need to do clean up our mistakes in order to win the final!
and of course we'll need to deal with a lot of whinging from english fans. am i annoyed that a lot of legitimate commentary and criticism of this match is being drowned out by ref controversy again? sure. but it is what it is. the issue of professionalism and qualifications for refs in the women's game continues to be an issue, so it's high time for the powers to be to do something about it instead of complaining. so let's enjoy this high while we can!
i love scarvi and i love Nemona, and Geeta is great i don't understand the hate (she had he reasons arceus forbid women do anything)
I love how the champion rank makes it seem Nemona is chasing after Geeta's title, to be the nest champion a great trainer. As well as the fact they have a mentor mentee relationship. Tied in with my headcannon of Nemona having forgetful/neglectful parents makes an interesting dynamic.
I've seen many people have a sister relationship between them (this might be cannon but like i haven't played that far lol) I headcannon more of a aunt niece situation. So while it is nemona looking up to her hero/mentor it's also her putting blind trust and admiration in her aunt, the only other family member that pays attention to her. (i have a lot of post game things between them, basically their entire dynamic changing and a lot of anger i'll get to that another time)
Now get to the meaning in the piece. It's obviously about how Nemona looks up to Geeta, how they're both amazing trainers, and how Nemona is one day going to take her place. The poses and layering was to show that theme. But it's also how being a trainer as good at Geeta has been Nemona's only true personality trait. That no matter what else shs does neomona is always in Geeta's shadow. From the moment be meet her as "a champion ranked trainer" to her every interaction with Geeta herself, it all tells us about how similar they are and how Nemona looks up to Geeta. Always shadowed.
In the second version of this the entirety of geeta is colored red while there is a shiloute of geeta in blue over Nemona. Connecting Geeta's shiloute over Nemona, shadowing her. You have to look close to see it because of the conflicting clothes.