The England striker’s goal against Germany made her a national hero and sent interest in the women’s game rocketing. But she’s not about to take her foot off the gas
hen Chloe Kelly’s 2022 began, the idea that a photo of herself would capture one of the defining moments of women’s football history in England, let alone of the year, was far from her mind. Kelly was battling back from an anterior cruciate ligament injury that ended her Olympic dreams. She would make her return to the pitch in April, 11 months on from her injury, and faced a race against time to get up to speed for the Euros in July.
That her celebration, whipping her shirt off and wheeling away in her bra – after scoring the goal in extra time that would hand the Lionesses a first major trophy – was unplanned “makes it even better”. “In that moment, I celebrated the goal for what it was. I just went crazy,” says Kelly. After the Euros, Kelly’s world exploded. She was in the middle of a whirlwind of attention and media coverage that is yet to die down: appearances on television and at sports events, rumoured sponsorship deals, civic honours. In August, for example, Kelly was offered the“It was very busy, of course, but it was amazing to see the impact of the summer, and how it has changed the women’s game,” she says. “It’s been brilliant to see how many children we’ve inspired, and adults, too.
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