Our Kiddo

I'm alright for god's sake

The match kicked off and from the first second she was away. She was giving the Villa defence an extremely difficult time and her performance was pulling everyone else up with her.

It was brilliant to see and all anyone could do was stand and watch.

Nine minutes in and Evie had built up yet another chance. She hit it over the defence with just enough power that it went behind them but not too much that the goalie would get to it before Viv.

Viv took three touches before chipping it over the keeper.

"KIDDO!" she screamed, elated at the perfect assist as the youngster leapt into her arms.

"Vivi!" Evie yelled. She didn't really like people calling her that but she would always make an exception for her favourite teenager.

Four minutes later and she helped build yet another goalscoring opportunity. She backheeled it to Kim who tapped it to Viv. She scored and effectively doubled their lead.

Villa suddenly picked up and it was becoming harder to break through. This didn't stop them trying and 10 minutes from the end their efforts were rewarded.

Rafa had made a beautiful tackle to stop them from scoring and then she played the ball to Steph. She passed it to Katie who slotted it through to Evie.

She was off. She ran with such pace and determination that there was little anyone could do to stop her. After dribbling past the entire defence, she tapped it into the back of the net. They all just watched in awe. This was her match. That was for sure.

"Have it!" Evie screamed as she ran off to celebrate with her teammates.

They were feeling on top of the world at half time. This was a good match. They knew there was more to come.

7 minutes into the half and Evie got her second. Katie had crossed it in and volleying it first time, she watched it into the back of the net. It was a stunner.

"Beauty!" Katie yelled as Evie leapt into her arms.

Beth and Lotte each got one and it was 6-0 with twenty minutes to go.

Evie was doing another run down the wing when she felt a sharp kick in the back of her leg. She buckled instantly and fell to the floor, trying not to cry.

Never show signs of weakness. That was how she'd been brought up.

She lay still gripping her leg and biting her lip. Everyone was kicking off around her. Leah was shouting loudly at the player and that made her smile a little.

"So fucking unnecessary. That was a nasty tackle. Imagine you'd broken her leg. How'd you feel then?" she shouted loudly, beyond fuming.

"It was an accident," the Villa player tried to argue.

"Was it fuck!?"

"Right number 6 step away I'll deal with this," the ref said, intervening before it could get any more heated.

The trainers were on and applied an ice pack for her, it began to soothe and with support from Katie, she got back to her feet.

After the obligatory stand off the pitch, she sprinted back on, raring to go.

Within moments, she'd won the ball back off the girl that had tackled her. She laid the ball off for Lotte, who then tapped it to Caitlin.

Caitlin dribbled to the side of the box. She pretended to cross before chopping it back. Evie smashed it first time. It flew through the air. All the Villa players stood and watched as it went. It was a sweet strike, one that was only stopped as it clattered the cross bar.