“The momentum is really building, especially in terms of the Women’s Super League. The change has happened. This is the easier part now because we’ve proved that you can believe in the women’s game. Attendance at the games shows that. But we won’t ever stop.”

You’ve sure enough heard of Alessia Russo. After all, she’s part of the reason for the revival of the “It’s Coming Home” choruses this year. She is changing the status of football by creating a safe and celebrated space for women to turn their sporting dreams into reality. They say a girl can only dream. How wrong they were. Covering our Winter 23 issue, Russo gets to grips with the noise of the crowd off the pitch and her christening as “England’s Golden Girl”.

Alessia Russo wears Omega.

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