1 00:00:02,020 --> 00:00:05,060 (THEME MUSIC) 2 00:00:15,940 --> 00:00:18,180 Hello and welcome back to Australian Story. 3 00:00:18,180 --> 00:00:22,220 We have so many wonderful people to introduce you to this year. 4 00:00:22,220 --> 00:00:22,460 We have so many wonderful people to introduce you to this year. There have been few sporting teams 5 00:00:22,460 --> 00:00:24,060 There have been few sporting teams 6 00:00:24,060 --> 00:00:27,140 that have united and thrilled Australians 7 00:00:27,140 --> 00:00:30,700 as much as the Matildas in the 2023 World Cup. 8 00:00:30,700 --> 00:00:33,460 The star players became household names. 9 00:00:33,460 --> 00:00:33,700 The star players One of them was Katrina Gorry. 10 00:00:33,700 --> 00:00:35,940 One of them was Katrina Gorry. 11 00:00:35,940 --> 00:00:39,940 Her love of the game has been sorely tested in recent years, 12 00:00:39,940 --> 00:00:43,380 but a bold life decision turned things around for her. 13 00:00:48,420 --> 00:00:51,340 WOMAN: Harper, do you want to put some make-up on? 14 00:00:51,340 --> 00:00:54,860 KATRINA: Life has definitely changed a lot after the World Cup. 15 00:00:55,820 --> 00:00:57,700 It's just crazy the amount of people 16 00:00:57,700 --> 00:00:57,940 that want a piece of the Matildas It's just crazy the amount of people 17 00:00:57,940 --> 00:00:59,980 that want a piece of the Matildas now. 18 00:00:59,980 --> 00:01:02,540 You need to doot it. Like, doot-doot! 19 00:01:02,540 --> 00:01:06,580 I think any Matilda is a superstar in people's eyes. 20 00:01:07,900 --> 00:01:09,940 No matter where we go, 21 00:01:09,940 --> 00:01:10,180 "Can I have a picture?" No matter where we go, 22 00:01:10,180 --> 00:01:12,540 "Can I have a picture?" Or "Can you sign this?" 23 00:01:13,220 --> 00:01:14,220 Mah! 24 00:01:14,220 --> 00:01:17,660 They always spot Harper and always want a photo with her. 25 00:01:17,660 --> 00:01:17,900 They always spot Harper Not so much me anymore, but, yeah, 26 00:01:17,900 --> 00:01:19,340 Not so much me anymore, but, yeah, 27 00:01:19,340 --> 00:01:19,580 I'm happy to live with the fact Not so much me anymore, but, yeah, 28 00:01:19,580 --> 00:01:21,860 I'm happy to live with the fact that I'm just Harper's mum now. 29 00:01:26,980 --> 00:01:29,220 Alright, let's go to football training. 30 00:01:29,220 --> 00:01:31,460 WOMAN: One marshmallow. Check it out. Ooh! 31 00:01:31,460 --> 00:01:33,460 (LAUGHS) Two marshmallows. WOMAN: Two marshmallows. 32 00:01:33,460 --> 00:01:37,100 WOMAN: Since having Harper, she's a changed human. 33 00:01:37,100 --> 00:01:40,900 It was that missing part of Katrina's life. 34 00:01:41,700 --> 00:01:43,020 MAN: Fantastic. 35 00:01:43,020 --> 00:01:45,540 WOMAN: There was a time that she felt that 36 00:01:45,540 --> 00:01:45,780 WOMAN: There was a time she lost that love for the game. 37 00:01:45,780 --> 00:01:47,500 she lost that love for the game. 38 00:01:47,500 --> 00:01:47,740 She didn't have she lost that love for the game. 39 00:01:47,740 --> 00:01:50,620 She didn't have that same fire inside her. 40 00:01:50,620 --> 00:01:50,860 She didn't have MAN: Wow. Fantastic. 41 00:01:50,860 --> 00:01:52,220 MAN: Wow. Fantastic. 42 00:01:52,220 --> 00:01:53,740 It was like three years of, 43 00:01:53,740 --> 00:01:56,220 you know, didn't really want to get up out of bed. 44 00:01:56,220 --> 00:01:58,500 Didn't want to go to training. 45 00:01:58,500 --> 00:01:58,740 I was like, "No, you know what? Didn't want to go to training. 46 00:01:58,740 --> 00:02:00,980 I was like, "No, you know what? I'm done with this." 47 00:02:00,980 --> 00:02:05,060 I just spiralled into a really hard and dark place. 48 00:02:05,060 --> 00:02:07,740 COMMENTATOR: And Katrina Gorry must score. 49 00:02:10,060 --> 00:02:13,220 To come back better than you've ever been before, 50 00:02:13,220 --> 00:02:15,460 and loving football more than you've ever done before 51 00:02:15,460 --> 00:02:18,300 with your baby by your side, 52 00:02:18,300 --> 00:02:20,060 it's very cool to see. 53 00:02:20,060 --> 00:02:22,820 WOMAN: Cheese! MAN: And up! Oh, there it is! 54 00:02:22,820 --> 00:02:26,140 The respect and, yeah, gratitude that I have for my body now, 55 00:02:26,140 --> 00:02:29,140 and, you know, giving me my beautiful daughter, 56 00:02:29,140 --> 00:02:33,260 is, yeah, something that I will, yeah, never disrespect again, 57 00:02:33,260 --> 00:02:33,500 is, yeah, something that I will, I feel like. 58 00:02:33,500 --> 00:02:34,580 I feel like. 59 00:02:35,580 --> 00:02:37,060 MAN: Beautiful. 60 00:02:37,060 --> 00:02:40,420 She reignited my...my football life again. 61 00:02:41,820 --> 00:02:43,340 Nothing can stop me now. 62 00:02:46,660 --> 00:02:49,060 Hey. Hey! 63 00:02:53,420 --> 00:02:54,820 Thank you very much. No worries. 64 00:02:54,820 --> 00:02:56,540 Can you say thank you and bye to everyone? 65 00:02:56,540 --> 00:02:58,620 Thank you. Thank you! 66 00:03:04,860 --> 00:03:07,060 My nickname is Mini. 67 00:03:07,060 --> 00:03:10,820 I kind of always had it from when I was about 12 years old. 68 00:03:10,820 --> 00:03:11,060 I kind of always had it I never really grew. 69 00:03:11,060 --> 00:03:12,340 I never really grew. 70 00:03:13,420 --> 00:03:15,660 Everyone looks at me and they're like, "Yeah, that makes sense." 71 00:03:15,660 --> 00:03:18,100 So, yeah, stuck and I kind of like it. 72 00:03:20,580 --> 00:03:23,900 I am the second youngest in my family. 73 00:03:23,900 --> 00:03:27,060 I've got an older sister, two older brothers, 74 00:03:27,060 --> 00:03:28,100 a younger brother, 75 00:03:28,100 --> 00:03:31,860 and then I've got a half-brother and three step-brothers. 76 00:03:31,860 --> 00:03:32,100 and then I've got a half-brother So...a lot of kids. 77 00:03:32,100 --> 00:03:34,460 So...a lot of kids. 78 00:03:36,100 --> 00:03:38,420 WOMAN: Katrina loved babies. 79 00:03:38,420 --> 00:03:41,860 Never stopped playing with the...the newest addition 80 00:03:41,860 --> 00:03:42,100 Never stopped playing or her dolls. 81 00:03:42,100 --> 00:03:43,300 or her dolls. 82 00:03:44,300 --> 00:03:47,060 There was football and babies. 83 00:03:48,620 --> 00:03:49,900 And that's all that mattered. 84 00:03:53,300 --> 00:03:56,980 I was about six when I started playing, maybe a little bit younger. 85 00:03:58,460 --> 00:04:00,300 My mum wanted me to play netball, 86 00:04:00,300 --> 00:04:02,100 but I wanted to be like my brothers. 87 00:04:02,100 --> 00:04:05,060 They played soccer since forever 88 00:04:05,060 --> 00:04:07,140 and I just wanted to be like them. 89 00:04:08,260 --> 00:04:11,340 And I said, "Well, my daughter isn't playing soccer." 90 00:04:11,340 --> 00:04:16,420 I thought, "Soccer isn't for the girls, it's for the boys." 91 00:04:16,420 --> 00:04:18,260 And how wrong was I? (CHUCKLES) 92 00:04:19,940 --> 00:04:21,300 Mum trialled me in netball 93 00:04:21,300 --> 00:04:21,540 and I decided to kick the ball Mum trialled me in netball 94 00:04:21,540 --> 00:04:24,140 and I decided to kick the ball instead of throw it, 95 00:04:24,140 --> 00:04:24,380 and I decided to kick the ball so eventually she decided like, 96 00:04:24,380 --> 00:04:26,620 so eventually she decided like, 97 00:04:26,620 --> 00:04:28,860 "No, this isn't for you. You can go play football." 98 00:04:28,860 --> 00:04:29,100 "No, this isn't for you. And I've never looked back. 99 00:04:29,100 --> 00:04:30,500 And I've never looked back. 100 00:04:33,100 --> 00:04:34,260 LINDA: She played with the boys 101 00:04:34,260 --> 00:04:36,260 because there weren't girls' teams then. 102 00:04:37,500 --> 00:04:39,820 She was always very gutsy. 103 00:04:39,820 --> 00:04:42,300 That ball was the thing she was going for 104 00:04:42,300 --> 00:04:44,340 and she didn't care who was there. 105 00:04:45,820 --> 00:04:48,820 Yeah, there would be parents or coaches yelling out, 106 00:04:48,820 --> 00:04:51,380 "You just got tackled by a girl!" Like, "Come on!" 107 00:04:51,380 --> 00:04:53,900 And that would almost, like, fuel the fire in me. 108 00:04:53,900 --> 00:04:56,700 Like, "Yeah, and I'm gonna tackle him again and again and again." 109 00:04:56,700 --> 00:04:56,940 Like, "Yeah, and I'm gonna tackle him I don't know. 110 00:04:56,940 --> 00:04:57,820 I don't know. 111 00:04:57,820 --> 00:04:59,660 I still remember you always getting in trouble 112 00:04:59,660 --> 00:05:01,180 for being too rough to the boys. 113 00:05:01,180 --> 00:05:02,660 That hasn't stopped, you know. 114 00:05:02,660 --> 00:05:04,220 (LAUGHTER) 115 00:05:05,220 --> 00:05:08,580 I got picked up for the Queensland Academy of Sport 116 00:05:08,580 --> 00:05:08,820 I got picked up for on a full scholarship, 117 00:05:08,820 --> 00:05:10,420 on a full scholarship, 118 00:05:10,420 --> 00:05:11,700 which was pretty daunting 119 00:05:11,700 --> 00:05:14,620 'cause there was players that were 30-plus years old 120 00:05:14,620 --> 00:05:17,260 and I was coming in, this big, at 14, 121 00:05:17,260 --> 00:05:19,140 so it was really scary. 122 00:05:20,900 --> 00:05:23,460 LINDA: It was very tough, 123 00:05:23,460 --> 00:05:27,980 and I just don't think she was ready to be able to deal with that. 124 00:05:27,980 --> 00:05:32,260 She lasted six weeks, I think, and they phoned me and said, 125 00:05:32,260 --> 00:05:33,780 you know, "She's out." 126 00:05:33,780 --> 00:05:36,380 And there was another place that they were saying - Hornchurch. 127 00:05:36,380 --> 00:05:39,900 You just don't know what you want until it's been taken away. 128 00:05:39,900 --> 00:05:40,140 You just don't know what you want And kind of from that moment on, 129 00:05:40,140 --> 00:05:41,380 And kind of from that moment on, 130 00:05:41,380 --> 00:05:41,620 I knew that And kind of from that moment on, 131 00:05:41,620 --> 00:05:43,860 I knew that I wanted to be a footballer. 132 00:05:46,060 --> 00:05:50,380 LINDA: She got a photo of the Matildas and put it on our fridge. 133 00:05:50,380 --> 00:05:51,980 "This is going to be me." 134 00:05:52,940 --> 00:05:55,940 And she just stuck it on the fridge and looked at it every day. 135 00:05:57,700 --> 00:05:58,780 A year later, 136 00:05:58,780 --> 00:06:02,060 she went back into the Queensland Academy of Sport and shone. 137 00:06:05,020 --> 00:06:07,620 WOMAN: I first met Mini on the football park. 138 00:06:07,620 --> 00:06:09,180 I was still playing. 139 00:06:09,180 --> 00:06:09,420 It was a bit embarrassing when you're a, you know, 24-, 25-year-old I was still playing. 140 00:06:09,420 --> 00:06:12,700 It was a bit embarrassing when you're a, you know, 24-, 25-year-old 141 00:06:12,700 --> 00:06:15,220 and this 16-year-old is skipping past you. 142 00:06:15,220 --> 00:06:18,660 So she was full of confidence and full of flair. 143 00:06:18,660 --> 00:06:18,940 So she was full of confidence and full of flair. COMMENTATOR: Williams is out! Gorry must shoot! 144 00:06:18,940 --> 00:06:21,260 COMMENTATOR: Williams is out! Gorry must shoot! 145 00:06:21,260 --> 00:06:22,140 Gorry shoots! 146 00:06:22,140 --> 00:06:23,660 MELISSA: Mini's professional career 147 00:06:23,660 --> 00:06:23,860 began with Melbourne Victory. MELISSA: Mini's professional career 148 00:06:23,860 --> 00:06:25,620 began with Melbourne Victory. 149 00:06:26,740 --> 00:06:28,660 After a few seasons there, 150 00:06:28,660 --> 00:06:28,900 she returned to Queensland After a few seasons there, 151 00:06:28,900 --> 00:06:32,580 she returned to Queensland to represent Brisbane Roar. 152 00:06:32,580 --> 00:06:36,380 COMMENTATOR: Katrina Gorry setting it up with a magnificent retrieval, 153 00:06:36,380 --> 00:06:36,620 COMMENTATOR: Katrina Gorry setting then that ball placed in. 154 00:06:36,620 --> 00:06:38,180 then that ball placed in. 155 00:06:41,460 --> 00:06:46,980 In 2012, I got my first call-up to the national team. 156 00:06:48,220 --> 00:06:49,780 I'm gonna get emotional now. 157 00:06:49,780 --> 00:06:53,700 Um, but, yeah, for me that was obviously a dream come true. 158 00:06:53,700 --> 00:06:53,980 Um, but, yeah, for me that was COMMENTATOR: And it's great to see obviously a dream come true. Katrina Gorry get a run too. 159 00:06:53,980 --> 00:06:56,820 COMMENTATOR: And it's great to see Katrina Gorry get a run too. 160 00:06:56,820 --> 00:06:57,100 COMMENTATOR: And it's great to see Katrina Gorry get a run too. She's a dynamic player. She played fantastic... 161 00:06:57,100 --> 00:06:58,620 She's a dynamic player. She played fantastic... 162 00:06:58,620 --> 00:07:00,620 That was the best feeling in the world, you know, 163 00:07:00,620 --> 00:07:04,180 putting on the Australian jersey, um... 164 00:07:04,180 --> 00:07:07,700 ..singing the national anthem, and, yeah, just living out a dream. 165 00:07:08,660 --> 00:07:10,420 COMMENTATOR: Real enthusiasm today. 166 00:07:10,420 --> 00:07:12,500 Looking to do the job in front of her. 167 00:07:12,500 --> 00:07:13,620 WOMAN: Back in those days, 168 00:07:13,620 --> 00:07:13,860 the only coverage that the Matildas would get WOMAN: Back in those days, 169 00:07:13,860 --> 00:07:16,980 the only coverage that the Matildas would get 170 00:07:16,980 --> 00:07:17,220 the only coverage would be on ABC Radio, SBS TV. 171 00:07:17,220 --> 00:07:21,500 would be on ABC Radio, SBS TV. 172 00:07:22,740 --> 00:07:25,780 If you could get a crowd of a few thousand, 173 00:07:25,780 --> 00:07:27,500 you were on a really good thing. 174 00:07:30,580 --> 00:07:32,540 One of the turning points for the Matildas 175 00:07:32,540 --> 00:07:32,780 One of the turning points was the Asian Cup in 2014, 176 00:07:32,780 --> 00:07:35,380 was the Asian Cup in 2014, 177 00:07:35,380 --> 00:07:38,100 because that was when you first started seeing it, 178 00:07:38,100 --> 00:07:40,060 like, reported daily in the news. 179 00:07:41,420 --> 00:07:45,260 And Katrina ended up becoming Asian Player Of The Year. 180 00:07:46,220 --> 00:07:49,340 The Matildas are going for gold in the Olympic Games 181 00:07:49,340 --> 00:07:51,140 for the first time since 2004. 182 00:07:51,140 --> 00:07:51,380 for the first time since 2004. Are we going to Rio?! ALL: Yeah! 183 00:07:51,380 --> 00:07:54,460 Are we going to Rio?! ALL: Yeah! 184 00:07:54,460 --> 00:07:54,700 Are we going to Rio?! TRACEY: It was the Rio 2016 Olympics 185 00:07:54,700 --> 00:07:57,700 TRACEY: It was the Rio 2016 Olympics 186 00:07:57,700 --> 00:08:00,820 and Brazil is just the heart of football. 187 00:08:00,820 --> 00:08:03,300 Everybody lives and breathes football. 188 00:08:03,300 --> 00:08:04,940 It is absolutely massive. 189 00:08:06,420 --> 00:08:08,220 But guess what. 190 00:08:08,220 --> 00:08:12,300 The Matildas get to meet them in the quarterfinals 191 00:08:12,300 --> 00:08:15,340 and takes them to full time and extra time, 192 00:08:15,340 --> 00:08:17,220 and it goes to a penalty shoot-out. 193 00:08:17,220 --> 00:08:19,100 And Katrina steps up. 194 00:08:20,260 --> 00:08:23,620 COMMENTATOR: Australia have one penalty kick left in front of them 195 00:08:23,620 --> 00:08:26,820 to clinch a spot in the semi-finals of this tournament 196 00:08:26,820 --> 00:08:27,060 to clinch a spot in the semi-finals and knock the host nation out. 197 00:08:27,060 --> 00:08:29,820 and knock the host nation out. 198 00:08:29,820 --> 00:08:30,060 It almost felt like we had and knock the host nation out. 199 00:08:30,060 --> 00:08:33,060 It almost felt like we had the world on our shoulders, I think, 200 00:08:33,060 --> 00:08:35,340 and, yeah, it was a lot of pressure that night. 201 00:08:35,340 --> 00:08:35,580 and, yeah, it was I can still feel it now. 202 00:08:35,580 --> 00:08:36,980 I can still feel it now. 203 00:08:36,980 --> 00:08:40,300 Um, you know, sitting back in...on the field 204 00:08:40,300 --> 00:08:40,540 Um, you know, and just thinking, like, 205 00:08:40,540 --> 00:08:42,060 and just thinking, like, 206 00:08:42,060 --> 00:08:42,300 "I hope I don't have to and just thinking, like, 207 00:08:42,300 --> 00:08:43,540 "I hope I don't have to take this penalty. 208 00:08:43,540 --> 00:08:43,780 "I hope I don't have to "I hope I don't have to take it." 209 00:08:43,780 --> 00:08:44,660 "I hope I don't have to take it." 210 00:08:45,620 --> 00:08:50,180 COMMENTATOR: And now it's Katrina Gorry, a space in the semi-final. 211 00:08:50,180 --> 00:08:50,420 COMMENTATOR: And now it's Katrina She misses it! Saved! 212 00:08:50,420 --> 00:08:52,420 She misses it! Saved! 213 00:08:52,420 --> 00:08:53,820 Barbara palms it away. 214 00:08:53,820 --> 00:08:56,980 If I had've scored the penalty, we would have gone through. 215 00:08:56,980 --> 00:08:57,220 If I had've scored the penalty, Um, but, yeah, the keeper saved it. 216 00:08:57,220 --> 00:08:59,820 Um, but, yeah, the keeper saved it. 217 00:08:59,820 --> 00:09:03,820 COMMENTATOR: They go out on penalty kicks to Brazil. 218 00:09:04,780 --> 00:09:08,180 And I remember feeling, like, just so defeated. 219 00:09:08,180 --> 00:09:10,700 It's a feeling that I hadn't... hadn't really felt in football, 220 00:09:10,700 --> 00:09:11,620 I don't think. 221 00:09:13,020 --> 00:09:14,900 It's a brutal way to lose. 222 00:09:14,900 --> 00:09:17,060 COMMENTATOR: So cruel on the Matildas. 223 00:09:18,700 --> 00:09:21,740 What that does to a person's psychology 224 00:09:21,740 --> 00:09:21,980 What that does can absolutely destroy players, 225 00:09:21,980 --> 00:09:25,540 can absolutely destroy players, 226 00:09:25,540 --> 00:09:27,620 and they can't recover from that. 227 00:09:27,620 --> 00:09:30,100 It plays on their mind constantly. 228 00:09:33,660 --> 00:09:37,980 MELISSA: In 2017, things were starting to take a toll on Mini. 229 00:09:37,980 --> 00:09:42,740 I slowly, slowly started to notice her energy levels falling away. 230 00:09:43,380 --> 00:09:46,700 The intensity in her performance 231 00:09:46,700 --> 00:09:46,940 was different to what it The intensity in her performance 232 00:09:46,940 --> 00:09:49,580 was different to what it had been in the past. 233 00:09:51,020 --> 00:09:53,260 WOMAN: She put a lot of pressure on herself. 234 00:09:53,260 --> 00:09:53,500 WOMAN: She put a lot of pressure She always wanted to be better. 235 00:09:53,500 --> 00:09:55,220 She always wanted to be better. 236 00:09:55,220 --> 00:09:55,420 Really focusing on that expectation She always wanted to be better. 237 00:09:55,420 --> 00:09:58,340 Really focusing on that expectation 238 00:09:58,340 --> 00:09:59,860 of the way the body should be 239 00:09:59,860 --> 00:10:01,700 and the way it should be performing. 240 00:10:03,500 --> 00:10:06,260 I started kind of resenting the game a little bit 241 00:10:06,260 --> 00:10:09,820 and then started having, like, body image issues. 242 00:10:10,860 --> 00:10:13,180 Yeah, I just found myself, you know, 243 00:10:13,180 --> 00:10:15,700 trying to control, like, my food intake. 244 00:10:15,700 --> 00:10:18,220 You know, I wouldn't like to look at myself in the mirror. 245 00:10:18,220 --> 00:10:20,260 I would, you know, not want to eat, 246 00:10:20,260 --> 00:10:21,580 and then I'd kind of binge, 247 00:10:21,580 --> 00:10:21,820 and then it would just be like and then I'd kind of binge, 248 00:10:21,820 --> 00:10:26,220 and then it would just be like a kind of, you know, yo-yo effect. 249 00:10:27,940 --> 00:10:30,180 We'd have to weigh in before we'd go to breakfast 250 00:10:30,180 --> 00:10:33,100 and, you know, you could hear it across the breakfast table. 251 00:10:33,100 --> 00:10:35,100 "I'm not going to eat breakfast this morning," 252 00:10:35,100 --> 00:10:38,140 or "I'm not eating carbs for lunch," and things like that. 253 00:10:38,140 --> 00:10:40,420 And I think that's when I realised like, 254 00:10:40,420 --> 00:10:44,980 "This is becoming a real issue, but nobody's actually speaking about it." 255 00:10:46,500 --> 00:10:48,140 WOMAN: It is something that's very common 256 00:10:48,140 --> 00:10:48,420 among women athletes, and athletes in general, WOMAN: It is something that's very common 257 00:10:48,420 --> 00:10:50,980 among women athletes, and athletes in general, 258 00:10:50,980 --> 00:10:55,660 because, um, it's...there's so much of a high demand on us 259 00:10:55,660 --> 00:10:55,940 because, um, it's...there's so much of a high demand on us to perform well and maybe look a certain way. 260 00:10:55,940 --> 00:10:59,260 to perform well and maybe look a certain way. 261 00:11:02,140 --> 00:11:05,540 When I look back on photos, you can see that there was something wrong. 262 00:11:05,540 --> 00:11:08,060 And I guess, for me, it was just speaking about it. 263 00:11:08,060 --> 00:11:09,540 And I started speaking to 264 00:11:09,540 --> 00:11:12,060 our psychologist through the national team at the time. 265 00:11:12,060 --> 00:11:15,860 I started to speak to my friends and my family more and more. 266 00:11:18,540 --> 00:11:21,700 MELISSA: Once that communication began, 267 00:11:21,700 --> 00:11:24,220 I think the support around her obviously grew 268 00:11:24,220 --> 00:11:28,020 and she was able to start to better understand 269 00:11:28,020 --> 00:11:31,980 her relationship with food and her body 270 00:11:31,980 --> 00:11:35,340 and, um, start to, you know, recover. 271 00:11:37,900 --> 00:11:41,140 I think as athletes we're just too scared to talk about, you know, 272 00:11:41,140 --> 00:11:41,380 I think as athletes we're just the hard parts of being an athlete. 273 00:11:41,380 --> 00:11:43,740 the hard parts of being an athlete. 274 00:11:44,700 --> 00:11:47,020 So I nurture the young players coming up 275 00:11:47,020 --> 00:11:50,140 and make sure that, you know, whatever they're going through, 276 00:11:50,140 --> 00:11:51,500 that I'm there for them. 277 00:11:53,140 --> 00:11:56,380 MAN: Facing this way, make sure we're not crossing our feet over. 278 00:11:56,380 --> 00:12:00,660 AMANDA: Katrina always wanted to have a baby before she was 30. 279 00:12:00,660 --> 00:12:02,580 She was pretty adamant that that's what she wanted. 280 00:12:02,580 --> 00:12:04,580 And then she wanted to be back for the World Cup, 281 00:12:04,580 --> 00:12:05,980 so that was always her goal. 282 00:12:08,300 --> 00:12:10,900 I'd always said, like, "If I don't have a partner, 283 00:12:10,900 --> 00:12:13,460 "then I'm just gonna do it on my own and I'll be fine." 284 00:12:13,460 --> 00:12:13,700 "then I'm just gonna do it MAN: Get warm, then compo time. 285 00:12:13,700 --> 00:12:15,540 MAN: Get warm, then compo time. 286 00:12:15,540 --> 00:12:15,780 MELISSA: I remember her talking MAN: Get warm, then compo time. 287 00:12:15,780 --> 00:12:19,380 MELISSA: I remember her talking about wanting to have a baby, 288 00:12:19,380 --> 00:12:19,620 MELISSA: I remember her talking but also really loving the game 289 00:12:19,620 --> 00:12:22,420 but also really loving the game 290 00:12:22,420 --> 00:12:24,900 and not knowing how the two could work together. 291 00:12:25,980 --> 00:12:27,660 There's been other players 292 00:12:27,660 --> 00:12:29,340 that have tried to balance 293 00:12:29,340 --> 00:12:31,820 professional football and motherhood, 294 00:12:31,820 --> 00:12:34,740 and they weren't supported and had it really difficult. 295 00:12:37,180 --> 00:12:41,060 The Tokyo Olympics had been pushed back with COVID. 296 00:12:41,060 --> 00:12:43,500 I was living in Norway and I thought, 297 00:12:43,500 --> 00:12:44,500 "You know what? 298 00:12:44,500 --> 00:12:48,340 "I'm just gonna go to the IVF clinic and...and see what they say." 299 00:12:48,340 --> 00:12:50,260 Um, so I booked an appointment, 300 00:12:50,260 --> 00:12:53,140 and the day that I walked in, 301 00:12:53,140 --> 00:12:56,340 the doctor was like, "Well, we can start today." 302 00:12:56,340 --> 00:12:58,140 And I was kind of like, "You know what? 303 00:12:58,140 --> 00:13:00,820 "I think this is what's meant to happen." 304 00:13:01,780 --> 00:13:03,980 Day one of this journey. 305 00:13:05,020 --> 00:13:06,660 I didn't really want to tell my family 306 00:13:06,660 --> 00:13:08,660 because I didn't want anyone to talk me out of it. 307 00:13:08,660 --> 00:13:11,180 And I didn't tell the team-mates that I was living in the house with 308 00:13:11,180 --> 00:13:12,820 because, again, I didn't want them 309 00:13:12,820 --> 00:13:13,020 to talk me out of it. because, again, I didn't want them 310 00:13:13,020 --> 00:13:14,020 to talk me out of it. 311 00:13:15,460 --> 00:13:18,580 In Norway, you don't get to choose the donor. 312 00:13:18,580 --> 00:13:21,500 I knew that he was healthy and for me that was all that mattered. 313 00:13:23,060 --> 00:13:27,060 Three weeks later, they had transferred the embryo, 314 00:13:27,060 --> 00:13:29,820 and I was sitting on a flight back to Brisbane in the middle of COVID, 315 00:13:29,820 --> 00:13:32,740 about to go into quarantine for 14 days. 316 00:13:33,860 --> 00:13:36,940 And I felt really, really sick 317 00:13:36,940 --> 00:13:38,740 and I was like, "Nah, surely not." 318 00:13:38,740 --> 00:13:41,860 Like, "There's no way that I've fallen pregnant the first go." 319 00:13:45,180 --> 00:13:49,220 LINDA: She got out of quarantine and she brings up this box. 320 00:13:49,220 --> 00:13:49,460 I think it had booties in it. LINDA: She got out of quarantine and she brings up this box. 321 00:13:49,460 --> 00:13:50,700 I think it had booties in it. 322 00:13:50,700 --> 00:13:53,140 It had a pregnancy test. 323 00:13:53,140 --> 00:13:53,340 It had a pregnancy test. I said, "Who...whose is this?" 324 00:13:53,340 --> 00:13:57,060 I said, "Who...whose is this?" 325 00:13:58,140 --> 00:14:00,340 (WOMAN LAUGHS) 326 00:14:08,900 --> 00:14:10,220 (LAUGHS) 327 00:14:11,060 --> 00:14:12,740 I went, "What the...?!" 328 00:14:14,060 --> 00:14:16,020 I said, "What about your career?" 329 00:14:16,020 --> 00:14:17,620 And she just looked at me. 330 00:14:17,620 --> 00:14:21,540 I thought I could not bel... Like, it was not the... 331 00:14:21,540 --> 00:14:23,420 I never even had an inkling. 332 00:14:40,180 --> 00:14:43,340 I was like, "Well, do you know what? Maybe I'm just done with football. 333 00:14:43,340 --> 00:14:46,220 "Maybe this, for me, is, you know, where I'm meant to be in life." 334 00:14:46,220 --> 00:14:49,980 And I didn't really... I was playing for Brisbane Roar at that time. 335 00:14:49,980 --> 00:14:53,220 I ended up playing until about 11 weeks pregnant. 336 00:14:53,220 --> 00:14:53,460 I ended up playing COMMENTATOR: 2.5 minutes in, 337 00:14:53,460 --> 00:14:54,780 COMMENTATOR: 2.5 minutes in, 338 00:14:54,780 --> 00:14:57,300 and Katrina Gorry has produced 339 00:14:57,300 --> 00:14:59,460 a trademark long-range strike 340 00:14:59,460 --> 00:15:01,100 with the breeze at her back. 341 00:15:04,700 --> 00:15:08,340 It was my 29th birthday. 342 00:15:08,340 --> 00:15:10,380 I was watching the Olympics 343 00:15:10,380 --> 00:15:13,180 and I actually thought I weed my pants. 344 00:15:13,180 --> 00:15:13,420 and I actually thought And I was like, "Oh, that's awkward. 345 00:15:13,420 --> 00:15:15,660 And I was like, "Oh, that's awkward. 346 00:15:15,660 --> 00:15:18,580 "Wait, does that mean I'm in labour?" 347 00:15:18,580 --> 00:15:23,100 I had this amazing thought of how my labour was going to go, 348 00:15:23,100 --> 00:15:25,460 and of course everything went wrong. 349 00:15:27,180 --> 00:15:32,020 LINDA: It was a very tough birth. There was so much blood. 350 00:15:32,020 --> 00:15:37,980 She had sort of haemorrhaged and then she was being sick as well. 351 00:15:37,980 --> 00:15:38,220 She had sort of haemorrhaged I think because they are just so fit 352 00:15:38,220 --> 00:15:41,220 I think because they are just so fit 353 00:15:41,220 --> 00:15:45,300 and everything is so tense all the time, 354 00:15:45,300 --> 00:15:49,100 their bodies just can't relax enough to deliver. 355 00:15:51,660 --> 00:15:53,940 I remember as soon as I was holding Harper, 356 00:15:53,940 --> 00:15:56,300 I'm like, "Mum, how did you do this five times? 357 00:15:56,300 --> 00:15:56,540 I'm like, "Mum, how did you do this "You are an absolute weapon." 358 00:15:56,540 --> 00:15:58,380 "You are an absolute weapon." 359 00:16:00,220 --> 00:16:03,260 But, yeah, I knew from, you know, the day I held her in my arms 360 00:16:03,260 --> 00:16:07,100 that, like, this is the thing that I had been missing. 361 00:16:09,260 --> 00:16:13,060 Um, and, yeah, from...from the moment I got to take her home, 362 00:16:13,060 --> 00:16:15,100 yeah, it was the best feeling in the world. 363 00:16:21,340 --> 00:16:23,220 ANDREATTA: Once Mini had Harper, 364 00:16:23,220 --> 00:16:24,860 she did everything to the T 365 00:16:24,860 --> 00:16:27,300 to make sure her body was right, 366 00:16:27,300 --> 00:16:31,820 to give herself the best chance to return to professional football. 367 00:16:34,700 --> 00:16:36,020 As soon as I started running, 368 00:16:36,020 --> 00:16:36,260 I just remember the feeling As soon as I started running, 369 00:16:36,260 --> 00:16:39,620 I just remember the feeling of, like, I can run forever. 370 00:16:39,620 --> 00:16:41,580 I just felt, yeah, I felt so different. 371 00:16:41,580 --> 00:16:46,980 I felt like my body had almost been on reset and I could do anything. 372 00:16:51,060 --> 00:16:53,420 Mum and I never discussed 373 00:16:53,420 --> 00:16:57,780 how football was going to look in my life now with Harper, 374 00:16:57,780 --> 00:17:00,340 or, like, who was going to take care of her 375 00:17:00,340 --> 00:17:00,580 or, like, who was going when I was on the football field. 376 00:17:00,580 --> 00:17:02,820 when I was on the football field. 377 00:17:02,820 --> 00:17:06,780 And, you know, when I got called in for the national team, 378 00:17:06,780 --> 00:17:09,500 um, Mum was like, "Alright, I'm coming with you." 379 00:17:12,940 --> 00:17:17,380 At that point, there had never been babies in the Matildas. 380 00:17:17,380 --> 00:17:17,620 At that point, there had never been babies in the Matildas. I missed you. 381 00:17:17,620 --> 00:17:19,940 I missed you. 382 00:17:19,940 --> 00:17:23,100 So, you know, there was so much for everyone to consider 383 00:17:23,100 --> 00:17:23,340 So, you know, there was so much to make it happen. 384 00:17:23,340 --> 00:17:24,460 to make it happen. 385 00:17:24,460 --> 00:17:27,420 (CROWD CHEERS) 386 00:17:27,420 --> 00:17:27,660 Tony, the coach of the Matildas, (CROWD CHEERS) 387 00:17:27,660 --> 00:17:32,100 Tony, the coach of the Matildas, had called me and said, 388 00:17:32,100 --> 00:17:34,620 like, "We're going to support you through everything. 389 00:17:34,620 --> 00:17:36,220 "Whatever you need, call us." 390 00:17:40,500 --> 00:17:44,460 ANDREATTA: With his experience with the US women's national team, 391 00:17:44,460 --> 00:17:50,020 he wanted to make sure that a player like Mini and Tameka Yallop 392 00:17:50,020 --> 00:17:54,060 could continue their professional footballing careers 393 00:17:54,060 --> 00:17:54,300 could continue their professional after becoming mothers, 394 00:17:54,300 --> 00:17:55,980 after becoming mothers, 395 00:17:55,980 --> 00:17:56,220 and do it well without feeling after becoming mothers, 396 00:17:56,220 --> 00:17:59,580 and do it well without feeling like they had to choose. 397 00:18:01,380 --> 00:18:03,620 LINDA: Katrina had no partner 398 00:18:03,620 --> 00:18:03,860 and I'm lucky enough LINDA: Katrina had no partner 399 00:18:03,860 --> 00:18:07,380 and I'm lucky enough that I was able to help, 400 00:18:07,380 --> 00:18:07,620 and I'm lucky enough so I'm there all the time. 401 00:18:07,620 --> 00:18:10,020 so I'm there all the time. 402 00:18:10,020 --> 00:18:12,660 And when Katrina was breastfeeding, 403 00:18:12,660 --> 00:18:16,700 I was sort of down outside the change room. 404 00:18:16,700 --> 00:18:20,540 So, we were always close by if Harper needed her. 405 00:18:20,540 --> 00:18:21,340 Arrgh! 406 00:18:22,940 --> 00:18:25,780 Linda is a big part of the Matildas family 407 00:18:25,780 --> 00:18:29,340 as the Nonna supporting Mini to do what she does, 408 00:18:29,340 --> 00:18:29,580 as the Nonna supporting Mini but also the Matildas team. 409 00:18:29,580 --> 00:18:31,340 but also the Matildas team. 410 00:18:31,340 --> 00:18:33,700 She's almost like my mum in camp. 411 00:18:33,700 --> 00:18:36,420 Don't believe anything other than we fucking deserve that win. 412 00:18:36,420 --> 00:18:38,940 Let's fucking enjoy. (ALL CHEER) 413 00:18:38,940 --> 00:18:41,700 And welcome back, Mini. You are fucking amazing. 414 00:18:41,700 --> 00:18:41,940 And welcome back, Mini. (ALL CHEER) 415 00:18:41,940 --> 00:18:43,180 (ALL CHEER) 416 00:18:44,940 --> 00:18:47,660 The first game back, I just remembered it being like, 417 00:18:47,660 --> 00:18:50,620 "I can't believe you know, I'm back in the national team. 418 00:18:50,620 --> 00:18:52,940 "I can't believe I'm, you know, still playing football. 419 00:18:52,940 --> 00:18:53,180 "I can't believe I'm, you know, "And I can't believe 420 00:18:53,180 --> 00:18:54,100 "And I can't believe 421 00:18:54,100 --> 00:18:56,900 "that I've got a little girl on the sideline to support me." 422 00:19:00,540 --> 00:19:04,140 I just remember kind of feeling untouchable in that game. 423 00:19:06,540 --> 00:19:13,460 When she returned, the new Mini was this light, joyful, energetic player 424 00:19:13,460 --> 00:19:13,700 When she returned, the new Mini was who was just living in the moment 425 00:19:13,700 --> 00:19:16,180 who was just living in the moment 426 00:19:16,180 --> 00:19:16,420 and playing a game who was just living in the moment 427 00:19:16,420 --> 00:19:18,780 and playing a game that she loved as a kid. 428 00:19:18,780 --> 00:19:19,020 and playing a game It was a joy to see. 429 00:19:19,020 --> 00:19:20,260 It was a joy to see. 430 00:19:25,420 --> 00:19:28,780 When Harper was six months old, we got on a plane 431 00:19:28,780 --> 00:19:29,020 When Harper was six months old, we got on a plane and off we went to Sweden. 432 00:19:29,020 --> 00:19:30,660 and off we went to Sweden. 433 00:19:33,540 --> 00:19:38,180 I think the move to Sweden for Mini was a career progression. 434 00:19:38,180 --> 00:19:38,420 I think the move to Sweden She wanted to play in...in Europe 435 00:19:38,420 --> 00:19:41,180 She wanted to play in...in Europe 436 00:19:41,180 --> 00:19:46,660 and she knew that Vittsjo was a family-friendly club. 437 00:19:49,460 --> 00:19:51,740 LINDA: Spent a lot of time crying, 438 00:19:51,740 --> 00:19:54,220 but I knew she had to do it so it wasn't... 439 00:19:54,220 --> 00:19:56,900 I would never have talked her out of it at all. 440 00:19:56,900 --> 00:19:59,340 I just wondered how she was going to manage. 441 00:19:59,340 --> 00:20:01,580 The first few weeks were definitely a blur for me. 442 00:20:01,580 --> 00:20:04,940 I'm like...I remember sitting in the apartment being like, 443 00:20:04,940 --> 00:20:06,180 "What have I done here?" 444 00:20:08,780 --> 00:20:12,740 WOMAN: I played for Vittsjo eight seasons. 445 00:20:12,740 --> 00:20:13,020 I was admiring her for taking this leap of faith WOMAN: I played for Vittsjo eight seasons. 446 00:20:13,020 --> 00:20:17,380 I was admiring her for taking this leap of faith 447 00:20:17,380 --> 00:20:22,700 to kind of leave her homeland with a six-month-old 448 00:20:22,700 --> 00:20:22,980 to kind of leave her homeland with a six-month-old and arrive in Sweden, not knowing what to expect. 449 00:20:22,980 --> 00:20:26,540 and arrive in Sweden, not knowing what to expect. 450 00:20:26,540 --> 00:20:30,420 I think I was very... I wanted to help her. 451 00:20:30,420 --> 00:20:30,660 I think I was very... (TEAM-MATES SING) 452 00:20:30,660 --> 00:20:33,860 (TEAM-MATES SING) 453 00:20:33,860 --> 00:20:36,820 She was the one that was helping us with a lot of things, you know, 454 00:20:36,820 --> 00:20:40,860 making sure we got our visas, a phone number. 455 00:20:40,860 --> 00:20:43,580 And I was kind of like, who is this girl and why is she being so helpful? 456 00:20:46,180 --> 00:20:49,900 My coach asked me if I could pay for her parking 457 00:20:49,900 --> 00:20:50,140 My coach asked me until that was sorted. 458 00:20:50,140 --> 00:20:51,580 until that was sorted. 459 00:20:51,580 --> 00:20:55,940 So, every night she had to text me where she was 460 00:20:55,940 --> 00:20:59,700 so that I could fill... park her car in the app. 461 00:20:59,700 --> 00:20:59,940 so that I could fill... I didn't know Swedish, obviously, 462 00:20:59,940 --> 00:21:01,820 I didn't know Swedish, obviously, 463 00:21:01,820 --> 00:21:04,740 so I'd send her these random blue signs 464 00:21:04,740 --> 00:21:07,980 and she would try and figure out where I had parked, 465 00:21:07,980 --> 00:21:08,220 and she would try and figure out but she never told me. 466 00:21:08,220 --> 00:21:09,220 but she never told me. 467 00:21:09,220 --> 00:21:12,100 Like, the street sign doesn't say the street on it 468 00:21:12,100 --> 00:21:13,340 or anything like that. 469 00:21:15,540 --> 00:21:20,780 I think I started liking her first. I don't think she saw those signs. 470 00:21:20,780 --> 00:21:24,100 I liked her company a lot, and I loved Harper. 471 00:21:26,540 --> 00:21:29,220 Finding someone was the last thing on my mind. 472 00:21:29,220 --> 00:21:32,420 I just wanted to play football, enjoy my time with Harper, 473 00:21:32,420 --> 00:21:32,660 I just wanted to play football, and completely focus on us. 474 00:21:32,660 --> 00:21:34,220 and completely focus on us. 475 00:21:34,220 --> 00:21:37,260 Um, but yeah, that changed pretty quickly. 476 00:21:41,020 --> 00:21:43,980 We had our suspicions that something was going on between them, 477 00:21:43,980 --> 00:21:47,260 because any time they were together, they looked so happy. 478 00:21:49,300 --> 00:21:54,700 We just got engaged before the World Cup, and I was very, very nervous. 479 00:21:56,020 --> 00:22:00,060 She got down on one knee and I turned around and I was like, "Oh no. No." 480 00:22:00,060 --> 00:22:00,300 She got down on one knee and I turned And she was like, "Is that a no?" 481 00:22:00,300 --> 00:22:01,420 And she was like, "Is that a no?" 482 00:22:01,420 --> 00:22:03,980 I'm like, "No, it's not a no. Of course it's a yes." 483 00:22:03,980 --> 00:22:07,340 But um, yeah, I mean, it was just incredible. 484 00:22:07,340 --> 00:22:10,540 And, yeah, our first night away from Harper and we got engaged, 485 00:22:10,540 --> 00:22:10,780 And, yeah, our first night away so can't complain about that. 486 00:22:10,780 --> 00:22:11,980 so can't complain about that. 487 00:22:14,900 --> 00:22:17,500 ANDREATTA: In that lead-up to the World Cup, 488 00:22:17,500 --> 00:22:17,780 Mini was playing better than ever before. ANDREATTA: In that lead-up to the World Cup, 489 00:22:17,780 --> 00:22:21,860 Mini was playing better than ever before. 490 00:22:21,860 --> 00:22:22,100 Mini was playing Settled and happy off the field. 491 00:22:22,100 --> 00:22:24,580 Settled and happy off the field. 492 00:22:24,580 --> 00:22:24,780 Settled and happy off the field. (CHEERING) 493 00:22:24,780 --> 00:22:26,260 (CHEERING) 494 00:22:26,260 --> 00:22:29,660 Let's welcome your Matildas! 495 00:22:29,660 --> 00:22:33,060 Well, it's here. The FIFA Women's World Cup has arrived. 496 00:22:34,260 --> 00:22:37,740 I thought it was going to be special, 497 00:22:37,740 --> 00:22:43,860 but I didn't expect what actually happened to happen 498 00:22:43,860 --> 00:22:48,140 in terms of the absolute mayhem support. 499 00:22:48,140 --> 00:22:50,980 (ALL CHEER) 500 00:22:50,980 --> 00:22:52,740 The more we progressed through the tournament, 501 00:22:52,740 --> 00:22:55,980 the more people that were just outside our hotels. 502 00:22:55,980 --> 00:22:59,980 It was just people everywhere talking about our games. 503 00:22:59,980 --> 00:23:02,460 Like, it was.... I mean, it was just crazy. 504 00:23:02,460 --> 00:23:04,980 The Matildas are preparing to take on France 505 00:23:04,980 --> 00:23:07,220 in the World Cup quarterfinals on Saturday. 506 00:23:09,060 --> 00:23:11,820 TRACEY HOLMES: So, this France game was so crucial. 507 00:23:11,820 --> 00:23:12,060 TRACEY HOLMES: So, this France game If Australia could get through that, 508 00:23:12,060 --> 00:23:13,700 If Australia could get through that, 509 00:23:13,700 --> 00:23:13,940 they would progress to a point If Australia could get through that, 510 00:23:13,940 --> 00:23:17,540 they would progress to a point they'd never been to before. 511 00:23:17,540 --> 00:23:21,140 You've got all of that added pressure on you. 512 00:23:21,140 --> 00:23:21,380 You've got all of that And here was this moment 513 00:23:21,380 --> 00:23:24,980 And here was this moment 514 00:23:24,980 --> 00:23:25,180 and it was history. And here was this moment 515 00:23:25,180 --> 00:23:27,100 and it was history. 516 00:23:27,100 --> 00:23:28,500 It was history in the making. 517 00:23:30,300 --> 00:23:33,100 COMMENTATOR: Straight down the throat of Mackenzie Arnold. 518 00:23:33,100 --> 00:23:33,340 COMMENTATOR: Straight down (CROWD GROANS) 519 00:23:33,340 --> 00:23:34,700 (CROWD GROANS) 520 00:23:34,700 --> 00:23:35,780 We said before the game 521 00:23:35,780 --> 00:23:38,340 that we didn't want it to go into extra time. 522 00:23:38,340 --> 00:23:40,700 But, uh, of course when you say it, it always happens. 523 00:23:40,700 --> 00:23:44,780 COMMENTATOR: Nothing could separate Australia and France over... 524 00:23:44,780 --> 00:23:48,380 Every muscle in our body was screaming at us to tell us to stop. 525 00:23:48,380 --> 00:23:51,340 Um, and then when we went up into penalty shoot-outs, 526 00:23:51,340 --> 00:23:55,140 uh, a lot of us don't have very good memories of any penalty shoot-out. 527 00:23:58,340 --> 00:24:02,100 Stepping up, knowing the history, 528 00:24:02,100 --> 00:24:04,140 that she had missed once before. 529 00:24:04,140 --> 00:24:04,380 that she had missed once before. And that was the difference of going through or not going through. 530 00:24:04,380 --> 00:24:07,140 And that was the difference of going through or not going through. 531 00:24:07,140 --> 00:24:11,820 COMMENTATOR: Enormous pressure on Katrina Gorry. 532 00:24:13,140 --> 00:24:16,340 MARKSTEDT: To have it in front of millions of people watching. 533 00:24:16,340 --> 00:24:16,580 I couldn't think of anything worse. MARKSTEDT: To have it in front of millions of people watching. 534 00:24:16,580 --> 00:24:18,940 I couldn't think of anything worse. 535 00:24:18,940 --> 00:24:19,140 I couldn't think of anything worse. She has to score 536 00:24:19,140 --> 00:24:22,340 She has to score 537 00:24:22,340 --> 00:24:24,260 otherwise the Matildas are out. 538 00:24:24,260 --> 00:24:27,740 I was freaking out. I was, like, beside myself. 539 00:24:27,740 --> 00:24:29,980 I was watching but not watching and watching. 540 00:24:31,260 --> 00:24:32,820 And Katrina Gorry 541 00:24:32,820 --> 00:24:34,060 must score. 542 00:24:39,860 --> 00:24:41,900 (CHEERING) 543 00:24:50,180 --> 00:24:53,540 Had to get the monkey off my back and step up in a major tournament. 544 00:24:53,540 --> 00:24:53,780 Had to get the monkey off my back And, yeah, I feel like I did that. 545 00:24:53,780 --> 00:24:55,060 And, yeah, I feel like I did that. 546 00:24:55,060 --> 00:24:58,060 Cue the party! 547 00:25:12,140 --> 00:25:13,300 That was great. 548 00:25:13,300 --> 00:25:16,460 That's what we wanted to see. That's what we came down for. 549 00:25:16,460 --> 00:25:18,700 We won! Yes! 550 00:25:18,700 --> 00:25:22,100 I'm so freaking proud about this team. 551 00:25:22,100 --> 00:25:24,780 The bravery that they showed tonight. 552 00:25:25,780 --> 00:25:27,140 Unbelievable. 553 00:25:27,140 --> 00:25:29,860 (CHEERING) (DRUMS BEAT) 554 00:25:31,660 --> 00:25:33,860 But then it's weird. 555 00:25:33,860 --> 00:25:36,260 Not long after that, you've got to think about the next game. 556 00:25:37,900 --> 00:25:41,180 REPORTER: The Matildas have just taken to the field against England 557 00:25:41,180 --> 00:25:45,220 in tonight's Women's World Cup semifinal in Sydney. 558 00:25:45,220 --> 00:25:45,460 in tonight's Women's World Cup (ALL CHEER) 559 00:25:45,460 --> 00:25:47,260 (ALL CHEER) 560 00:25:49,060 --> 00:25:51,300 COMMENTATOR: And plays it through to Russo, 561 00:25:51,300 --> 00:25:54,860 and Russo puts England into the World Cup final. 562 00:25:56,180 --> 00:25:59,740 ANDREATTA: We lost the semifinal against England, 3-1. 563 00:26:01,340 --> 00:26:05,380 But I think we did Australia proud because we didn't give up. 564 00:26:08,740 --> 00:26:10,980 Of course we wanted to go further than fourth, 565 00:26:10,980 --> 00:26:12,860 but we're so proud of what we achieved. 566 00:26:15,860 --> 00:26:18,860 LINDA: After we lost in the World Cup, 567 00:26:18,860 --> 00:26:21,540 Harper and I were the first one in the meal room 568 00:26:21,540 --> 00:26:21,780 Harper and I were the first one and Tony was the second one. 569 00:26:21,780 --> 00:26:23,700 and Tony was the second one. 570 00:26:23,700 --> 00:26:27,300 So, you know, you could imagine what Tony was feeling. 571 00:26:27,300 --> 00:26:27,540 So, you know, you could imagine And Harper grabbed his hand 572 00:26:27,540 --> 00:26:29,260 And Harper grabbed his hand 573 00:26:29,260 --> 00:26:29,500 and took him into the area where And Harper grabbed his hand 574 00:26:29,500 --> 00:26:34,580 and took him into the area where he could...she could play with him. 575 00:26:34,580 --> 00:26:38,060 And, you know, he had no choice but to go. 576 00:26:38,060 --> 00:26:38,300 And, you know, And it just sort of shows you 577 00:26:38,300 --> 00:26:40,660 And it just sort of shows you 578 00:26:40,660 --> 00:26:46,500 what children and family can do to change, 579 00:26:46,500 --> 00:26:46,740 what children and family you know, how everyone's feeling. 580 00:26:46,740 --> 00:26:48,980 you know, how everyone's feeling. 581 00:26:51,620 --> 00:26:52,980 What toys... Do you not want to bring... 582 00:26:52,980 --> 00:26:55,660 What toys do you want to bring, Harper? 583 00:26:55,660 --> 00:26:55,900 What toys do you want to bring, Harper? This one. 584 00:26:55,900 --> 00:26:56,660 This one. 585 00:26:56,660 --> 00:26:58,380 No, but they're going to go on the other box, 586 00:26:58,380 --> 00:26:59,740 so you need to pick some... 587 00:26:59,740 --> 00:27:02,500 Our next big move is we're heading to West Ham United 588 00:27:02,500 --> 00:27:05,620 to the Women's Super League, which is in the UK. 589 00:27:05,620 --> 00:27:09,020 I think it's probably one of the biggest leagues in the world now. 590 00:27:09,020 --> 00:27:11,220 Should we put him in there because we want to keep him? 591 00:27:11,220 --> 00:27:11,460 Should we put him in there Yeah. 592 00:27:11,460 --> 00:27:12,220 Yeah. 593 00:27:12,220 --> 00:27:12,460 We've got some good memories Yeah. 594 00:27:12,460 --> 00:27:13,740 We've got some good memories with him. 595 00:27:13,740 --> 00:27:13,980 We've got some good memories It's exciting. 596 00:27:13,980 --> 00:27:15,140 It's exciting. 597 00:27:15,140 --> 00:27:15,340 I've signed a multi-year deal there, It's exciting. 598 00:27:15,340 --> 00:27:16,980 I've signed a multi-year deal there, 599 00:27:16,980 --> 00:27:18,900 which is, yeah, it's going to be incredible. 600 00:27:18,900 --> 00:27:19,180 which is, yeah, it's going to be incredible. I think for me it would be kind of where I probably end my career. 601 00:27:19,180 --> 00:27:22,940 I think for me it would be kind of where I probably end my career. 602 00:27:22,940 --> 00:27:25,740 Look, who's this? Who's this? 603 00:27:27,260 --> 00:27:30,220 Harper. No, that's Harer. But who's this? 604 00:27:30,220 --> 00:27:33,580 So, we're pregnant. Having a little boy in June. 605 00:27:33,580 --> 00:27:33,820 So, we're pregnant. The baby bee. 606 00:27:33,820 --> 00:27:34,580 The baby bee. 607 00:27:34,580 --> 00:27:34,820 I just can't believe The baby bee. 608 00:27:34,820 --> 00:27:36,700 I just can't believe it's happened the way it has. 609 00:27:36,700 --> 00:27:38,940 Do you want a baby brother or a baby sister? 610 00:27:38,940 --> 00:27:41,140 Oh, no. No? 611 00:27:41,140 --> 00:27:44,660 I wanted to carry her embryo so then she could carry mine. 612 00:27:44,660 --> 00:27:49,700 Um, just as, you know, it feels to us like 613 00:27:49,700 --> 00:27:52,340 the closest thing you can come to being a part of both. 614 00:27:52,340 --> 00:27:54,860 We obviously thought it was going to take 615 00:27:54,860 --> 00:27:57,100 a little while longer than it did. 616 00:27:57,100 --> 00:28:01,100 Um, but, yeah, we transferred my embryo to Clara, and it stuck. 617 00:28:01,100 --> 00:28:01,340 Um, but, yeah, we transferred First go. 618 00:28:01,340 --> 00:28:02,180 First go. 619 00:28:03,780 --> 00:28:07,020 Harper is excited to have a sibling. 620 00:28:07,020 --> 00:28:08,300 Uh-oh. 621 00:28:08,300 --> 00:28:10,900 She's talked about how, you know, if the baby cries, 622 00:28:10,900 --> 00:28:11,140 She's talked about how, what she's going to do, 623 00:28:11,140 --> 00:28:12,260 what she's going to do, 624 00:28:12,260 --> 00:28:15,860 and I know she's going to be the best big sister. 625 00:28:22,460 --> 00:28:25,340 Crazy the fact that I'm going to have two kids at the Olympics, 626 00:28:25,340 --> 00:28:25,580 Crazy the fact that I'm going hopefully. 627 00:28:25,580 --> 00:28:27,380 hopefully. 628 00:28:27,380 --> 00:28:27,580 hopefully. We've got to qualify still first. 629 00:28:27,580 --> 00:28:28,860 We've got to qualify still first. 630 00:28:28,860 --> 00:28:31,380 But I think we want a medal. 631 00:28:31,380 --> 00:28:31,620 We've fallen short But I think we want a medal. 632 00:28:31,620 --> 00:28:34,460 We've fallen short so many times and it's just... 633 00:28:34,460 --> 00:28:38,420 Yeah, it's just driving us probably a little bit crazy. 634 00:28:40,580 --> 00:28:44,340 I think this is going to be our year and I think we can really do it. 635 00:28:45,740 --> 00:28:47,260 TRACEY HOLMES: They deserve a medal. 636 00:28:47,260 --> 00:28:52,100 But even if they don't win one in Paris, we know what they've done. 637 00:28:53,580 --> 00:28:55,780 Katrina and this group of Matildas 638 00:28:55,780 --> 00:28:58,940 have changed Australian sporting history. 639 00:28:58,940 --> 00:29:02,500 They have changed the way people in this country 640 00:29:02,500 --> 00:29:06,020 think about women's sport and women's football, 641 00:29:06,020 --> 00:29:10,580 and, um, yeah, there's no gold medal, uh, that can do that. 642 00:29:24,700 --> 00:29:26,140 I want make-up. 643 00:29:28,060 --> 00:29:29,700 Gonna get you. 644 00:29:29,700 --> 00:29:31,140 You're gonna get me? 645 00:29:32,620 --> 00:29:34,660 Are you gonna score a goal? 646 00:29:34,660 --> 00:29:37,260 What are you gonna say when you score a goal? 647 00:29:40,180 --> 00:29:41,460 Do you want something to drink? 648 00:29:49,220 --> 00:29:51,580 Next time on Australian Story 649 00:29:51,580 --> 00:29:55,220 when the worst thing imaginable happened to Michelle Turvey, 650 00:29:55,220 --> 00:29:56,940 she chose love over hate. 651 00:29:56,940 --> 00:29:59,020 I didn't want any more violence. 652 00:29:59,020 --> 00:30:00,900 I didn't want hatred. 653 00:30:00,900 --> 00:30:01,100 Captions by Red Bee Media I didn't want hatred. 654 00:30:01,100 --> 00:30:03,340 Captions by Red Bee Media 655 00:30:03,340 --> 00:30:06,180 Copyright Australian Broadcasting Corporation