Millie Bright received a special gift from her ‘best mate’ after the match.
“I’ve been after this shirt for a long time,” Bright told 7NEWS as she looked down at Kerr’s jersey that she was wearing, and touched it and smiled.“In football, we always have huge amounts of respect for our opponents and some of our opponents are more than that, they are friends as well.”Chelsea teammates Millie Bright and Sam Kerr celebrate with the Women’s Super League trophy last May.“It sucks for one of us and I would have much preferred to play her in the final,” she said.
Bright said she was “proud” of Kerr’s effort to overcome the calf injury that she carried through the early stages of the tournament. “Huge respect not only for the team, but for Sam as well, my teammate back home,” Bright told 7NEWS.“I am really proud of her journey and having her injury and being able to be out there tonight.”
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