Sara Björk Gunnarsdóttir, captain of the Icelandic national team in UWCL, has been the newly crowned European football champion after she scored the third and final goal in Spain last night for her French team Lyon, against her old team Wolfsburg, and won Lyon. .
Lyon won the final against Wolfsburg 3-1, Sara scored her third goal in the final minutes.
Sara had started the season playing for the German team Wolfsburg and only came to Lyon in July.
“I fully admit that I had a small knot in my stomach and did not know exactly what feelings would be expressed in these strange circumstances. It’s not long since I was playing for Wolfsburg and it’s weird to meet the girls, especially in a final like this. “I only felt it in the beginning, but then I was so incredibly focused on the game to do it with Lyon,” Sara is quoted as saying. Indicator report.
Sara and her team received a lot of praise and congratulations for their success, for example from Emmanuel Macron, President of France, and Katrín Jakobsdóttir, Prime Minister of Iceland.
“It’s beautiful to see all this coverage and cheering. But I have to say that the cheers from my mom, dad and my brother stand out, “says Sara. “They simply have tears in their eyes. I called them and told them it was for them. They have always been there for me, I always have my phone with me and they call me every day. Since I was five years old, they have followed my training, streamed games since I left and so on. It is very special to be able to do this for them. “
Source: The Nordic Page