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Beyond the Pitch Episode 68 : Chelsea - United, Emma Hayes is back and Marta gets her NWSL championship
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Join Cate and Catherine as they talk about Chelsea United game at the weekend which saw Chelsea keeping their unbeaten title, Emma Hayes returning to London and her home town Camden with a bang, and Marta finally getting her NWSL championship after 8 years.
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Welcome Back Catherine, Episode Preview
00:00:09
Global Sports Podcast Network
Hello, hello, and welcome to Beyond the Pitch, a daily women's football podcast brought to you by the Global Sport Podcast Network. And today is brought to you by me after a few days away.
00:00:21
Global Sports Podcast Network
So I hope you all missed me and I can't wait.
00:00:25
catherine
Catherine, as always, I, yeah, you've seen a lot of me in the last few days.
00:00:30
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:00:30
catherine
let
00:00:31
Global Sports Podcast Network
And it's good because your knowledge of the scene is incredible. I'm really glad you are on the pod anyway.
Chelsea's Victory and United's Challenge
00:00:39
Global Sports Podcast Network
So very quickly today, what we will talk about is only one undefeated team left in the WSL after Chelsea won the game on Sunday. Then we're going to chat about the return of MAs on UKSOL and her very funky press conference. And finally, a finally a title for Marta with her Orlando pride.
00:01:04
Global Sports Podcast Network
So great episode ahead. Let's start with Chelsea winning in the undefeated battle and remaining the only team in the WSL who is unbeaten.
00:01:16
Global Sports Podcast Network
Incredible start from the team. They won against United on Sunday. Only by one goal, which was a penalty, but still, you know, a win is a win. And you were at the game, so I'm just going to let you go with it.
00:01:30
Global Sports Podcast Network
The floor is yours.
00:01:30
catherine
Yeah, it was good. I want to give a shout out as well to the only one United group who in collaboration with Cadbury's, as in the chocolate, um provided free travel for United supporters to the game.
00:01:44
catherine
And yeah, it was so amazing.
00:01:45
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yes!
00:01:47
catherine
And as I because I had to leave a couple of minutes early, because I had to get a train. So I left ah at like the 87th minute. And they were outside handing out ah these big dairy milk chocolate bars to all of the United fans.
00:02:01
catherine
um So we didn't get three points, but we did get some chocolate and that is the crinkling of a chocolate wrapper that I'm eating right now.
Analysis of United's Defensive Strategy
00:02:07
catherine
um Yeah, so shout out to them. That was really, really nice.
00:02:12
catherine
The game.
00:02:13
Global Sports Podcast Network
How many have you got? Did you take one for me? yeah She's like, no, my, no, my.
00:02:16
catherine
Just launch one.
00:02:20
Global Sports Podcast Network
Cadbury, if you're listening to this, I missed out because I wasn't in the country.
00:02:20
catherine
I know.
00:02:25
Global Sports Podcast Network
Please send me chocolate.
00:02:26
catherine
I mean, to be fair, it was only United fans they were handing them out to. You would have to pretend to be a United fan.
00:02:34
Global Sports Podcast Network
I can pretend to do the food for Colin. I'd be like, yeah, here it is.
00:02:39
catherine
I was quite obvious with my ah my Millie Turner shirt on.
00:02:39
Global Sports Podcast Network
no ah
00:02:44
catherine
ah my Millie Turner 21 and another shout out to foodies because I think they're the only retailer who can get um like the pride coloured numbers on the back of the shirts and so I had that and I don't know, do you know why United seem to be the only team who have them?
00:03:03
Global Sports Podcast Network
United.
00:03:04
catherine
Yeah, like they have on the back of the shirts where they have the player's name and number, they have them in the pride rainbow colours
00:03:13
Global Sports Podcast Network
No, miss ah we've we've got the Masperas as well.
00:03:16
catherine
Oh, okay.
00:03:18
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, some of our some of our t-shirt from the proud Lily White also are like that.
00:03:22
catherine
Ah, okay. I just hadn't seen them much before. ah But anyway, yeah, I had that shut on. The game was, I mean, I was, from a united point of view, we were obviously set up to not lose by six, like we did earlier in the year. I think that was pretty much the aim that seemed to be just don't lose by six.
00:03:45
catherine
um We were set up very defensively. It was quite interesting. Mark Skinner in his post-match press conference, I think ah i think it was Catherine Batts, the reporter who pointed this out. And if it wasn't her, if it was someone, and another reporter, then apologies, credit where credit is due. He pointed out how confusing this is. He said something like in his post-match comments, he said, ah you have to have a defensive mindset against Chelsea.
Match Atmosphere and Gameplay Challenges
00:04:13
catherine
We do not have a defensive mindset or something like,
00:04:17
catherine
it It was just very confusing, something like we, ah no, of course we don't have a defensive mindset. Oh, you need to have a defensive mindset against Chelsea. You have to do that. and like Well, yeah, you did. It was very defensive. It was a very defensive display. We just, I don't know, we have a midfield issues. Our midfield just feels very unbalanced um it and That was shown again. And I think we missed Ella Toon a lot, ah her creativity going forward. Defensively, we don't have many problems. I was so impressed with Maya Latissier shutting down Maya Ramirez. I mean, there were quite a few times she was running and she got the better of her quite a few times. And so I was so impressed with her. And I think since she's been given the captaincy, she's just kind of gone. Her form is just amazing.
00:05:12
catherine
So yeah, she deserves a huge product. Chelsea weren't firing on all cylinders. I think they looked a bit fatigued. And I think Sonia said that in her post-match comments that they've had like five matches in two weeks and um including like really big games. And I think you could see that they do look fatigued, which makes me a bit worried for the England players in the Chelsea squad, given that like the US have had a little bit of a break other than Orlando Pride or Spirit Players. But yeah, Chelsea weren't firing. United just looked very blunt. um it It was a good game. The support was great. There was some great banter between the away fans and the other fans. like There was um
00:05:58
catherine
Yeah, the other fans, Chelsea fans. Like, you can hear it at bits on the YouTube stream that, um like, whenever a Chelsea player went down, all the United fans were, um were chanting like, same old Chelsea, always cheating, which it was, it was great.
00:06:15
Global Sports Podcast Network
Nah.
00:06:18
catherine
And the ref did make a few shocking calls from both sides, I will say. um the Very obvious one where I was sat right near the corner, and the ball came off the Chelsea player and he actually gave Chelsea a corner. That was just the obvious one that really angered me, but anyway. ah So yeah, that was that was the game.
00:06:39
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, I mean, I've only seen the highlights because I was away. I was in Italy following a bit more of the Italian Championship, actually, which is very interesting. Women's Championship, just to to clarify. um I've seen the highlights. I mean, the thing that stood out for me the most, at least from the highlight, was the incredible save from Hannah.
00:07:02
catherine
Yes.
00:07:02
Global Sports Podcast Network
So I'm just like, ohh should she start the game on Saturday for the Lionesses? But um beside that, I didn't see anything that really crazily impressed me. Actually, in the post-match conference, I think Sonia said something think similar as well.
00:07:20
catherine
Yeah.
00:07:20
Global Sports Podcast Network
that not that she was disappointed, ah but that they could have done more with the ball. I think she said something along the line of they weren't creative enough, they could have took more chances, et cetera. But I also think that um you know they felt the pressure of the fact that, you know wow, this is really the battle of the undefeated teams.
00:07:44
Global Sports Podcast Network
but also they were the only team playing at the weekend because you know this is the game that was postponed because of the mess up of the you know uf fixtures so i don't know maybe that also i i think if i'm not wrong this is the game
00:07:48
catherine
Yeah.
00:08:01
Global Sports Podcast Network
that Chelsea won with the lowest number of goals scored since the start of the WSL, since the start of the season. And and and and really, I mean, realistically, they didn't really score any goal.
00:08:09
catherine
I think so.
00:08:14
Global Sports Podcast Network
They scored a penalty. And I think this is the first game. So maybe I think she just went a bit like, well, what happened today? Like, why did we not create more chances?
00:08:24
Global Sports Podcast Network
And why were we not more in that way? So, yeah.
00:08:27
catherine
Well, I will say though, in Chelsea's defence as well as United's defence, in everyone's defence, the wind was absolutely insane. i mean
00:08:36
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yes!
Emma A's Return and Unique Press Conference
00:08:37
Global Sports Podcast Network
The storm!
00:08:37
catherine
The balls, we were watching the goalkeepers warm up and the balls were literally just flying everywhere and it was really fun yeah it was really funny because where I was I was sat on the bottom row and you know the balls that they keep at the side of the pitch um so that you know if a ball goes out you can quickly run and get another ball.
00:08:54
catherine
um those balls kept rolling away and so every two minutes this Chelsea staff member was having to chase a ball and go and put it back in its place and then it would just roll away again and then he'd go back and fetch it again and then it would roll away again and then he'd go back and fetch it again like every few minutes it was the wind was yeah the wind was Absolutely insane. It was, yeah, it definitely hindered both teams' ability to kind of play those creative passes. And yeah, it was bad.
00:09:28
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, I heard. I mean, as I said, I was in Italy, I was in Brescia and it's a I was reading about Stormbird and everything that it caused, etc.
00:09:37
catherine
Yes.
00:09:39
Global Sports Podcast Network
And my friends were telling me on on Saturday, they would they were telling me it was really windy. And obviously I only play grassroots, but I remember on a couple of days when we had to play with the wind, it's not just hard for the goalkeeper, etc.
00:09:53
Global Sports Podcast Network
It's just
00:09:54
catherine
Yeah.
00:09:55
Global Sports Podcast Network
It's like it throws you out so much. It's like you think you're doing something and you are not able to control the ball, actually nature is. So that's quite that's quite bizarre.
00:10:06
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00:10:19
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This is your one-stop shop for your daily football fix. Find GSPN whether you find your usual podcast. And we're moving on to topic number two, probably my favorite of this evening of this evening actually, well today. um Well, she couldn't have come back in a better style. She was already a big personality. Well, she is actually, but now she has the whole of the US supporting her greatness.
00:10:53
Global Sports Podcast Network
Here we go, Emma A's Camden girl returns to London ahead of the big clash on Saturday with the Lionesses and she held her press conference and da in a pub in Camden because why not? So her press conference took place in the underworld which is the music venue in the basement of the world's end pub ah In this place, I mean it's a massive ah rock and roll, you know, monumental place.
00:11:24
Global Sports Podcast Network
I've been there many times, heavy metal, alternative bands. I mean, Radiohead has been there, Foo Fighters have been there, like incredible venue. um I mean, 50 men, 50 venue for a manager that is absolutely like no one. ah She had a lot of her friends and family around it. And in the space of about 45 minutes, I think that's how the confidence was. She spoke about topics that range from politics to obviously Donald Trump, to the lack of female coaches globally, um you know and how she felt like she had to leave her home and her you know home countries to kind of like get a little bit of her mojo back.
00:12:07
Global Sports Podcast Network
um And I understand what she meant by that.
00:12:08
catherine
Thank you.
00:12:10
Global Sports Podcast Network
I don't think it was a declaration of non-love to London. I think it was just she needed to go somewhere else. And what she wanted to do, there was no space in here.
00:12:22
Global Sports Podcast Network
So she had to go and do it somewhere else. And she always had, oh, excuse me. She always had a special bond with the US anyway. um I mean, I love the fact that they just went like, yeah, you want to hold a press conference in a pub in Camden, but why not?
00:12:37
Global Sports Podcast Network
We'll market the hell out of it.
00:12:39
catherine
Yeah, I can't imagine the FA doing that.
00:12:39
Global Sports Podcast Network
ah Yeah.
00:12:42
Global Sports Podcast Network
No. Can you imagine Serena saying, by the way, I want to have my press conference in a Dutch pub somewhere around London and the FA going, yeah, we support that.
00:12:45
catherine
No. sister
00:12:50
catherine
hello plant but was That was really what I was going to say is what really brings it, what I find so interesting just as a psychologist is
00:12:53
Global Sports Podcast Network
Actually, we will go and look for the venue for you.
00:13:07
catherine
the different kind of leadership styles, because I consider, i really okay just I really hate this narrative of you can only have one best in the world. I think i think Serena and Emma with Jonathan and Sonia, I think they're all kind of absolutely brilliant. But I find it so interesting what different characters they are and kind of how their characters kind of um make their leadership styles so different.
00:13:35
catherine
And I was thinking about that because I was trying to imagine like even Sonia or Serena doing the same thing. And I was like, i don't I think that Serena would be perfectly happy if she never had to talk to the press, if she never had to like do that stuff, and which is such a different character. um Whereas Emma, I think she's so perfect for the US national team because I think she has this big personality and she's very happy.
00:14:04
catherine
and this It sounds like a negative, but I really mean this is positive. She's very happy being the center of attention and being, you know, within all the chaos. And um it's just so interesting to me how different people are like that. I can't imagine Sonia being happy doing like a presser in a pub either. It's just, they're so different. And yet they're also um brilliant. I just find it really fascinating. um But yeah, I mean, I think it's great that she came home and yeah I'm looking forward to the game.
00:14:40
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, I mean, i love I love the fact that she's the way it is and she's so unapologetically like that. I love that. And she's like, I don't care. Like I show who I am in the field and my results speak for themselves. Everything else. This is just how real I am. I mean, at the end, she stayed and started to serve Pine to obviously the guest of the conference.
00:15:00
Global Sports Podcast Network
but also whoever was turning up. I think she stayed, I don't know, half an hour or something like that. And she was just like living it up and just drinking and having fun with her friends and family.
00:15:09
catherine
I just imagine some people coming into the pub not knowing who she was or what was going on and just going for a pint and being like, why is everyone staring?
00:15:11
Global Sports Podcast Network
and
00:15:17
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, I mean, To be honest, if you don't follow women's football quite a lot, or if you don't if you don't follow like the big football scene anyway, because maybe if you do, you might have seen her, because she's she's in the papers often now, right?
00:15:22
catherine
Yeah, you wouldn't. yeah
00:15:32
catherine
Yeah. Yeah.
00:15:32
Global Sports Podcast Network
Well, at least she was also a little bit more before. um Otherwise, you wouldn't. I mean, to be honest, I'm going to be very honest, there's probably some yeah know national head coaches that if I would cross paths with them and from the men's side, let's say, which is the one I follow a little bit less, I would probably be like, yeah, like, who is this guy?
00:15:49
catherine
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
00:15:54
Global Sports Podcast Network
Why is everybody making a fuss around this person?
00:15:56
catherine
Absolutely.
00:15:57
Global Sports Podcast Network
I don't know. I don't know the football players either, et cetera. But i love I love the fact that she keeps it surreal. And also, um you know, a little shout out to ah the underworld.
00:16:08
Global Sports Podcast Network
Well, the world's in pub in the underworld, obviously, I'm sure they didn't do this, you know, for the love of the game. But I love how they put out the writing, you know, Welcome Home Emma.
00:16:19
Global Sports Podcast Network
And it was just really thoughtful.
00:16:20
catherine
Yeah.
00:16:21
Global Sports Podcast Network
It was really nice that they played along with that. And she was saying in her press conference, because I watched it after that. yeah one of the the person i don't remember what's his name calling i think or something that works for the you know the usfa let's call it this way yeah he was sent in london to look for the for the venue and he was sending her you know um videos etc and exactly as you said i i cannot foresee not yet i mean i hope they will
00:16:44
catherine
the
00:16:52
Global Sports Podcast Network
you know, change my mind about it. But yeah, I cannot really foresee the FAA doing something like that.
00:16:59
catherine
ah thank
00:16:59
Global Sports Podcast Network
At least until Serena is there. I don't know, maybe they will surprise us in the future. But also it's like, well, we've got St. George's Park here, so who cares?
00:17:06
catherine
yeah
00:17:06
Global Sports Podcast Network
Maybe
Her Game Too Movement and Upcoming Matches
00:17:07
Global Sports Podcast Network
she could do it when she goes to another country next time. You know, like,
00:17:11
catherine
i don't know i really i don't think it's her thing i don't think she
00:17:17
catherine
Talking about Serena, I don't think she's someone who really enjoys that attention and like talking to the press. i I do think she would be perfectly happy if she never had to talk to the press, if she could just delegate talking to people, to someone else, and say, you go and do all of that. I'm going to be in here. And you go and and talk to people. um But I don't know, maybe. maybe maybe um But yeah, I think it's goingnna be definitely going to be an exciting game.
00:17:52
Global Sports Podcast Network
i think so i think so i'm looking forward to it and
00:17:55
catherine
Will those be there?
00:17:57
Global Sports Podcast Network
I will be there, I mean, unless as something happens and it will, you know, block me from attending.
00:18:00
catherine
ten
00:18:05
Global Sports Podcast Network
It's a big day as well on the 30th. I'm part of her game too, and we have in like a nice day.
00:18:10
catherine
Yeah.
00:18:12
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, that is like a nice dedicated fixture in Watford, actually, an immense game.
00:18:13
catherine
Mm-hmm.
00:18:20
Global Sports Podcast Network
They're playing QPR. um Yeah, there is another one tomorrow as well, which is late in Oriel where
00:18:26
catherine
How this feels, yeah.
00:18:27
Global Sports Podcast Network
Oh my god, I hope I pronounced it properly. Hadjersfeld, could it be? Yes, which I'm hoping to attend as well.
00:18:33
catherine
oh
00:18:36
Global Sports Podcast Network
um I love the work that her her game too is doing, not only in the women's um football teams so on women's game, but also in the men's game as well, and kind of like getting a space.
00:18:51
catherine
Yeah.
00:18:51
Global Sports Podcast Network
um And I love it. I mean, today is the 25th. It was a very important day, a day where we really think and gather that about, you know, the violence that happened against women in general, domestic abuse and everything else.
00:19:05
catherine
Yeah.
00:19:07
Global Sports Podcast Network
Incredible, crazy stats when you read about it. And I think we'll podcast a bit more in the next episode, but yeah something that is very important so I think it's going to be a very interesting interesting day indeed on on Saturday and I don't know I hope the weather is going to stay better there's not going to be no storm coming back to gloom over a Wednesday on Saturday afternoon and evening
00:19:30
catherine
It can be cold. I'm fine with cold as long as it's dry.
00:19:37
Global Sports Podcast Network
Fine, yeah I am also fine we called although last year when oh my god I told you already when we went to watch the uh the game against netherland oh I remember it was the second or third december oh my god I never felt that cold in my life in that stadium but we we did it we loved it we did it anyway so yeah
00:19:47
catherine
yeah
00:19:53
catherine
ah yeah
00:19:56
catherine
yeah thank We won that game. We're going to win this game. I just wanted to bring in one more thing before we move on, um which is just tonight, actually, Alyssa Nayher, the US goalkeeper, has announced her retirement from international football after these two games.
00:20:12
Global Sports Podcast Network
Oh.
00:20:15
catherine
um So that adds another that has another dimension to it. Her last game will be the game against the Netherlands. um
Celebrating Marta's Championship Win
00:20:25
Global Sports Podcast Network
Oh well.
00:20:27
catherine
Yeah.
00:20:27
Global Sports Podcast Network
So they will they will do something. She will definitely want to play and and and push the team to to be their best legend for the last two games that she will be part of.
00:20:32
catherine
yeah Yeah. Which means we we we can have some narrative stories ourselves.
00:20:37
Global Sports Podcast Network
So yeah.
00:20:41
catherine
ah We need those. Let's say, well, I think the biggest thing for the Lionesses will be, Georgia Stanway said after the Germany game that they went through some things on the pitch that day that they never want to experience again.
00:20:56
catherine
I think kind of some retribution, some um might be needed for their own kind of mentality in this game. Anyway.
00:21:08
catherine
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00:21:32
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Yes, Inkaster. And last but definitely not least, we wanted to take a few minutes just to congratulate the Orlando Pride. They capped off an historic season by winning the 2024 championship, defeating the Washington Spirit 1-0. This happened last week on Saturday night. Great to see that it was a total sellout crowd at the stadium in Kansas City.
00:22:00
Global Sports Podcast Network
Um, I just want to take a moment to cheer on the goat that is Marta. Uh, I mean, this is her, she's 38.
00:22:11
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah. So not in, you know, she started to age as well. I'm not saying she's old, but for a football player, she is kind of like towards the end, right?
00:22:20
catherine
yeah yeah
00:22:23
Global Sports Podcast Network
She's already retired from national football. And I think she put everything in this year. She really put everything. She scored some incredible goals. And in every interview, she was saying, this has to be our year.
00:22:37
Global Sports Podcast Network
Like, this has to be our year. I mean, she played 26 matches, 11 goals, took home a championship. I mean, I think we will have to bow down to just...
Marta's Future in Women's Football
00:22:50
Global Sports Podcast Network
If she's not the greatest of all time, I'd like to find another one that has same starts that has played in so many different countries that have so many, you know, the same type of starts that she's got for her country, as well as for the team she played for.
00:22:53
catherine
yeah
00:22:59
catherine
Yeah.
00:23:06
Global Sports Podcast Network
Just an incredible player. What a woman. Really like in absolutely. Oh, and also another character that is very unapologetic about how she is.
00:23:11
catherine
and yeah
00:23:16
Global Sports Podcast Network
And.
00:23:16
catherine
Antler, do it in front of her mum and with her mum there.
00:23:18
Global Sports Podcast Network
Correct.
00:23:19
catherine
That was so sweet.
00:23:21
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. I think those you know those videos of her saying that this was her first time in there, first time in America, first time watching her, et cetera, and and to to give that to your mama.
00:23:33
Global Sports Podcast Network
Quite impressive, actually. ah I don't know if you've seen those videos, but they je they look they look so much alike, like literally so much alike, that you just think like, yeah, there is no mistake in here.
00:23:35
catherine
ring Yeah, yeah. They do. They do. Yeah.
00:23:46
Global Sports Podcast Network
You are definitely mother and daughter. She's so similar.
00:23:51
catherine
the ah Did you watch the game?
00:23:54
Global Sports Podcast Network
I didn't watch the game, no.
00:23:55
catherine
I didn't stay up, but I did watch it back on the Sunday. um It was a great game as well. Marta, of course, incredible. There was some quite contentious calls from the referee um that I think Washington Spirit fans definitely feel aggrieved by. um Of course, a shout out to Orlando Pride Anna Morehouse at Lioness, who might I would think being contention for a start against the United States given that she plays against Americans every every week and won the shield and just capped it off with a championship I mean she's come into the team I think it's a unique situation for her because she's 29 I think or 28 29 and had her first this is the first time she's been I mean this year has been the first time she's been called into the England camp
00:24:33
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:24:54
catherine
And yeah, I mean, I do think ahead of the year, Serena will want to see her at some point. ah So why not now? I mean, she might be a bit tired because she literally only played that that game on Saturday night and then had to fly back from Kansas City ah to Orlando. And I have no idea on the United States geography, but I assume that that they're far away from each other because everywhere is far away from everything in the US s and then had to fly to England. So she might be a bit tired, but I do think she must be in contention somewhere. And as well for Washington Spirit, um
00:25:28
catherine
Linus is Esme Morgan in defense had a really tough time dealing with ah the Orlando Pride frontline. But I mean, what a development she's had since she's been there.
00:25:41
catherine
So absolutely incredible. And yeah, congrats to Orlando Pride. I love their purple purples.
00:25:46
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yes.
00:25:47
catherine
Purple is my favorite color.
00:25:47
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yes.
00:25:48
catherine
I love it.
00:25:49
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yes. And exactly as I before, you know, a little mention to Washington spirit.
00:25:55
catherine
Yes.
00:25:55
Global Sports Podcast Network
I mean, I ah think they i've I've seen the highlights. I haven't seen the whole game in the highlights. It looks like they played a really great game. And of course, I have a soft spot for them because they are one of Michelle's teams.
00:26:08
Global Sports Podcast Network
And, you know, we know she really is such a strong person that represents so much for women's sports and women's football.
00:26:12
catherine
thank you Yeah.
00:26:16
Global Sports Podcast Network
And and um yeah, I wish her to have one of her teams to kind of like you know, bring some silver and bring some prizes at home and and just be able to be louder on the narrative that she is definitely working towards and being very loud about.
00:26:34
catherine
Yeah.
00:26:37
Global Sports Podcast Network
So, yeah, that was really good.
00:26:38
catherine
Absolutely.
00:26:40
Global Sports Podcast Network
Nonetheless, very, very happy. Congratulations to all of them. Very happy for Marta.
00:26:44
catherine
Yeah.
00:26:44
Global Sports Podcast Network
I'm just curious to see what's going to happen. That is a part of me, the things that You know, in a few weeks, she will come out with just saying, okay, teams have done it all. Bye.
00:26:55
Global Sports Podcast Network
See you. That's the end of me. It was great. I'm going to leave at the very, very top. So bye bye. And then there is another part of me that thinks like, no, maybe, you know, she, she, she's buzzing now because of that happened.
00:27:08
Global Sports Podcast Network
So she's going to stay one more season. I don't know.
00:27:11
catherine
right
00:27:11
Global Sports Podcast Network
What do you think?
00:27:12
catherine
I think she'll stay for, I don't think she's done yet. I think the characters like that, I mean she was talking the other day about another World Cup.
00:27:25
catherine
I think, yeah, I i don't think she's done yet. um I think we'll see more, see more from Marta and her mum, which would be
00:27:32
Global Sports Podcast Network
I don't know. um Do you think she might come back for the World Cup?
00:27:37
catherine
I wouldn't, um I wouldn't be shocked.
00:27:40
Global Sports Podcast Network
I mean, she's retired from international, so...
00:27:44
catherine
ah You couldn't unretire.
00:27:46
Global Sports Podcast Network
I know, I know, I know, I know, of course.
00:27:47
catherine
You've seen it before.
00:27:48
Global Sports Podcast Network
It could be that in the moment that she found out that the World Cup was going to be played in their home country, she thought, hell, wait a minute, what is this?
00:27:52
catherine
Yeah.
00:27:54
catherine
But she says she brought it up the other day. She brought it up the other day.
00:28:00
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, could be a good we could be in for a good surprise.
00:28:01
catherine
oh
00:28:03
catherine
Yeah, I have a pitch, her and her mum do a road trip and film it for television and we can all watch it.
00:28:13
Global Sports Podcast Network
Maybe, maybe.
00:28:13
catherine
Yeah.
00:28:14
Global Sports Podcast Network
She'll definitely be, she'll definitely have a really, really, really, really big involvement.
00:28:20
catherine
Yeah.
00:28:21
Global Sports Podcast Network
I thought she was going to be like, I don't know, maybe assistant coach or whatever in in the technical style, in the technical side if she wasn't helping because just the way she knows how to really, you know, push the team and support them.
00:28:27
catherine
you know
00:28:34
catherine
Yeah, absolutely.
00:28:36
Global Sports Podcast Network
And I mean, she's been the leader for such a long time and it's you know, I think it's nice to have it if not on the page, at least on the page side. um So for sure, it's not the end of it.
00:28:48
Global Sports Podcast Network
But I don't know. I don't know. It could go either way. It could go either way. Like, of course, if she retires now, she retires like at the very top.
00:28:56
catherine
Yeah.
00:28:57
Global Sports Podcast Network
Right. ah So I don't know, I whatever she's going to do, I wish her the best because she is definitely one of those women that
00:29:03
catherine
yeah
00:29:06
Global Sports Podcast Network
in the recent year has changed the landscape of football, landscape of South American football. And she's just incredible, always nice, always smiling. She's incredible
00:29:16
catherine
Yeah.
Closing Remarks and Next Episode Preview
00:29:17
Global Sports Podcast Network
players technically, um definitely elevated everything that has been women football in the past 15 years.
00:29:24
Global Sports Podcast Network
So cheers to you Marta.
00:29:24
catherine
Totally agree. Totally agree.
00:29:29
Global Sports Podcast Network
Well, that's great, but I think that's all we have time for today. Well, thank you for joining us, and we look forward to welcoming you to the next episode of Beyond the Pitch. Is a good bye for me?
00:29:38
catherine
And me.