Women’s Nations League Scotland V Germany: “You can change your mentality and fiction” – Emma Watson

“I thought it was all for me. That my world was ending. But you can quickly change your mentality and change the narrative of your story. I am a great convinced that the scars tell you where you were, not where you are going.

“It was definitely a blip in my career, but at the same time, I don’t think it was lost. In the 12 months I had off the pitch in the gym rehabilitated, I really worked on my mental side. I think I became much more resilient and I developed physically stronger.

“So I think there are certainly many positive aspects to be taken from experience and many learning. However bad it was, I don’t think I would change the experience. You have to pass everything in life and this was an obstacle with which I had to face.

“Now that I have returned from that, it is about taking learning from that, of returning to play, trying to make those levels again and continue my story.”

The scar is still there, visible right in the middle of her right knee. A symbol of his successful struggle with adversity.

“I look at him a few days and I think back and makes you a little sad for what you spent,” he explained.

“But it is a wound as warriors and I am very proud of the hard work I did to bring me play football, because it is not a guarantee.

“I have to be the one in the gym every day to do the job, so I am very grateful to be surrounded by people so solidarity at United: the Fisios, the staff, the players. I would not have done it without them.

“Also the support of the Scottish national team, like psychologists, working with them and having people to talk to has been huge with. I am happy to have returned now.”