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Matilda Love

Cheryl Botha · March 02, 2024
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Never in my life had I ever watched a single game of soccer!

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Being a born and bred Melbournian, all I ever knew was AFL when I was growing up. I just didn’t get how a game with a score of 1-0 or 0-0 could be fun to watch. But boy-oh-boy did that all change thanks to the Matildas.

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The Matildas have represented Australia at the FIFA Women’s World Cup on eight occasions, but not once did I take any notice or watch a game until Australia was a co-host in 2023. It was sooooo exciting and I’m now definitely a converted fan. I love the Matildas, I love what they have achieved, I love that they are inspiring both boys and girls all over Australia and all over the world.

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Some of the key highlights at the 2023 World Cup were:

  1. They defeated reigning Olympic champions Canada 4–0. This was Australia's biggest ever win at a World Cup match.
  2. They then defeated Denmark 2–0. This was just the second time Australia won a knockout match at the Women's World Cup.
  3. They went on to defeat France 7–6 on penalty kicks, thus becoming the first senior Australian team to make a world cup semi-final. The quarter-final match between Australia and France also saw the longest penalty shootout in the history of the FIFA Women's World Cup, with 20 total kicks.
  4. Sadly, they were defeated 3–1 by England in the semi-final.
  5. The Matilda's campaign ended with a 2–0 loss to Sweden to finish fourth. This marked the highest-ever finish of any Australian soccer team in senior level.

All the girls were amazing, and I love that they are sporty, natural, down to earth, humble and totally supportive off each other.

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To honour the Matildas (the Tillies) and being a proud Australian girl, I decided to create a new sandal design in green and gold and of course named them Matilda.

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The Matilda is in beautiful gold leather with Swarovski crystals in Peridot green.

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Let’s go Tillies!

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        Lots of love,

          Cheryl   xx

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