#uwcl qualifiers

[cee-jay-mcwfc]

‘Good start to the #UWCL 🩵💪🏾 vamossss’

- Leila’s IG 18.9.24

[themanbexl]

Can't lie this game has me feeling nervous

[nelove22]

MATCHDAY FOR SL BENFICA in final match of round 1 UWCL Qualifiers

📺 BTV (unofficial link)

[reminiscingtonight]

Worst part about not having power for almost a week is missing all the footy that's happened 🥲

[katelynnwrites]

it’s 4am, idk how i’m gonna wake up for school tomorrow

[woso-scotland]

Celtic’s just qualified for champions league group stages for the first time ever is fucking massive

History made tonight as Celtic become the first Scottish club to ever reach the group stages of the uwcl

[mrsafc86]

Press conference before the uwcl qualifier

[enwoso]

in honour of it being uwcl qualifiers tmr here’s a throwback of less as a ball girl in 2013🙃

literal definition of pookie x

[wosobronze]

things lucy and ona have survived to stop the crazies:

being manchester rivals

long distance

language barrier (kind of)

everyone still thinking lucy was in a different relationship

one winning the world cup and one finishing 2nd

one going to the olympics whilst the other doesn’t qualify

competing for the same position on the same team

ona not starting the uwcl final

ona constantly stealing lucy’s clothes

wonze stans

mexican fans

lucy getting lasik

lucy repeatedly touching ona’s face

ona’s braids

lucy’s shit catalan

coco.

hope this makes some people giggle and feel a little better

lucy getting lasik took me out😭😭

[melancholytimes]

I have some thoughts about a certain player. So many people have been shitting on Katie McCabe recently. She has definitely not been at her best but she plays so much and she has been under a lot of pressure for club but especially for country. Ireland was so close to qualifying for the euros for the first time and ass the captain she was under so much pressure to push the team over the line. You could see how much it crushed her to not win that final game.

Also something that has been on my mind for over a year now is how Katie is refed. I’ve noticed it with other platers but I’ll talk about it with her now. It feels to me that referees dont ref the game in front of them they ref the reputation of the player. Now what i mean by that is that their reputation will precede the player so the ref will always have their eyes on them. Contact that would have been let go by another ref or even the same ref done by another player is punished. The second Katie touches a player the whistle is blown and dont get me wrong Katie deserves many of the fouls she gives away but things that are carded on her would just be a warning for others. I can only imagine how frustrating that is for her as a player too. It must really wind her up which then leads her to feed into the foul and the decent. I also think she gets a lot of arsenal cards for decent cos she keeps talking to the ref and she’s not supposed to when she’s not captain. I just feel like there are some things that Katie is getting penalized for that the refs would let go if another player did them. Even players on her own team get away with stuff she doesn’t. It isn’t fair to me and clearly not to her either.

Quickly another thing is some players get fouled a lot and it doesn’t get called at all. People brought it up about Olivia smith cos Leah fouled her good and it wasn’t called and in that instance i disagree, Olivia goes down really hard when she falls I’ve noticed that when she plays for Canada she needs to get her muscle up. I do agree that some players are unfairly refereed. An example is Mayra rameniez she gets fouled all of the time by all teams in the wsl and even the uwcl. But she rarely gets fouls called on her. Similarly with Bunny Shaw. Many people bring up the racial aspect of their circumstances because those two specifically are tall, strong women of colour and the refs may not view their pains as real but if you were to look at the wsl last season they both missed out on parts of the season with injuries which could be attributed to the knocks they took from the fouls they had during games.

Idk what the point to my rambling is. I just want fair and even referring and players to stay safe that’s all

[cee-jay-mcwfc]

Viv in the new kit 🤩

[allthingsrusso]

alessia will join up with the squad at SGP on wednesday, following an "extended period of recuperation". following her world cup, she went to sweden to play UWCL qualifiers with arsenal, which is likely the reason why she is getting an extra couple days of rest.

via lionesses

[nelove22]

MATCHDAY FOR SL BENFICA IN UWCL QUALIFIERS, ROUND 2 - SECOND LEG!

📺 BTV (unofficial link) | Eleven Sports 1 (unofficial link)

[vicstenius]

for all of u lovely souls who are gutted about the mens international break, Arsenal are playing Rosenborg in UWCL qualifiers at 19:30 (BST) today, streaming on Arsenal.com ❤️🤍

[katelynnwrites]

so kiss me | laura freigang

warnings: f for fluff

word count: 748

summary: laura asks if she can kiss you, provided that frankfurt finishes top three in the league

a/n: a little blurb in honour of laura freigang fc making it to the uwcl 😊

it’s after frankfurt's loss to leverkusen in march, when everyone begins to doubt if they'll be able to make third place that laura makes a bet with you.

that if your club do qualify for the champions league, she can kiss you.

frankfurt makes it. despite all the odds, your club makes it.

you sorta think the forward’s forgotten because she goes through the entire post match celebrations without mentioning it.

you don't know if you're disappointed or relieved.

barely a half hour after you make it home, your phone chimes with a text from laura.

it reads, 'are you too tired?'

you hesitate wondering what she is up to before replying, 'no?'

her response comes quickly, 'great! open your door please?'

with wide eyes, you do as she asks and it reveals the smiling blonde outside your apartment.

'lau what are you doing here?'

the german woman in question winks, 'as you know i made a bet with you...'

you blush and she continues, 'and since we did qualify i was thinking about the kiss you owe me.'

'the kiss i owe you? i recall the conversation quite differently lau. more of a you asking me if you can kiss me if we finish third in the league.'

laura tsks, 'semantics.'

you roll your eyes with fond exasperation, 'still doesn't explain why you are here.’

the blonde grins, 'right so as i was saying before you so kindly interrupted me, i was thinking about our kiss.'

despite what she just mentioned, about you interrupting her, you do so again, 'our kiss? we haven't kissed yet.'

'exactly! we shouldn't just kiss without at least having one date. that's why i'm here...to ask if i can take you out on a first date.' laura finishes shyly and you stare at her in surprise.

'it's almost midnight schatz and you didn’t say anything after the game so i thought you forgot.’ you whisper.

'the late hour doesn’t mean my feelings for you lessen and there’s no way i forget anything about you. the two goals i scored tonight were just for you.’ she murmurs, her cheeks turning a pretty shade of pink.

it's so cute that you can't resist leaning in to press an affectionate kiss onto said blush.

'okay. okay let's go.'

'really? cause i was prepared to do a whole lot more convincing.' laura rambles in disbelief.

'schatz if you don't shut up, i'm going to have to kiss you to make you stop.'

the blonde goes quiet but smiles brightly at you.

'our date first. then i'm going to kiss you.'

'more than once i hope. because you're not the only one with more than friendly feelings lau.' you murmur.

laura if possible, looks even happier.

'as many as you'd like.' she promises and eagerly takes your hand in hers.

and the striker doesn't disappoint.

she takes you to get ice cream at a twenty four hour dessert place and teasingly steals spoonfuls of your ice cream whenever you're distracted.

which is easy when you’re sitting opposite the laura freigang, the most beautiful person you have ever seen.

she’s got such mesmerising blue gray eyes and her blonde hair frames her face perfectly.

the german woman is in a simple sweatpants and hoodie but you think you might fall in love with her.

when she takes you back to your apartment, she draws you close to her by placing her hands on your waist.

‘close your eyes.’ she barely audibly murmurs.

you listen to her, eyes fluttering shut in anticipation.

still, nothing can quite prepare you for the moment laura presses her lips against yours.

tentatively at first but far more confidently once you melt into her and bring your hands up to cup her face.

right there and then, you are certain that falling in love with your fellow eintracht frankfurt player is inevitable. she’s just that special.

the feeling seems to be mutual because the striker readily accepts your invitation to come into your apartment.

it’s in your bedroom that she fulfils her promise entirely, sharing kiss after kiss with you.

intimate ones, teasing ones, ones that have you gasping her name, she holds true to her words.

as many as you'd like is what she promised you. as many as you like is what laura gives you.

for tonight at first and then for the rest of your life as she goes from your crush, to your girlfriend and eventually to your wife.

German Translation:

schatz - sweetheart

[sunshine-theseus]

Sam Kerr ACL

So I'm going to need 5-10 financial years to fucking recover.

It's tragic news to wake up to, finding our Sam's ruptured her ACL in training in Morocco. But with good support within the medical team and her club and national teammates, plus Kristie now in London, I'm confident she will come back strong.

Unfortunately this does mean she has played her last game under Emma Hayes which is devastating and not something anyone was hoping for considering how close the two clearly are.

It also means she will miss the rest of the season. This includes;

The Women's Super League

The FA cup

UWCL

Olympic qualifiers

probably the start of next season (praying for the renewal)

this is a devastating blow after she had to miss half her home World Cup due to a calf injury she only just reportedly has fully returned to full health from.

Speaking of renewal, I think a lot of us do still expect her to extend her contract. Not only so she isn't out of one when she's ready to come back, but obviously she really loves Chelsea. Plus Kristie's contract is ~18 months, meaning once Sam should hopefully be back, Kristie will still have 8-9ish months left at WH without renewal.

ACL recovery takes 8-9 months on average so hoping she'll be back September/October, but most importantly I want her to take time. We should not be putting pressure on her to get better as quick as possible or anything of the sort. We most certainly should not worry about how we as a club or country perform until the time comes or something warrants worry; that is Tony and Emma's job and we should leave them to figure it out and develop their respective teams, not just around the fact Sam is missing, but around who they have on the team and who they are playing.

I think that's all I have to say for now but if you have any questions about it or quite literally almost anything else to do with footy, let me know and I'll try and answer!

Sending best wishes and thoughts to Sam <3 do it in your time, and I'm sorry you have to miss so much