Katie McCabe's Champions League winning interview in full, including f-bomb
Katie McCabe gave a compelling interview immediately after the final whistle in Saturday's Women's Champions League final win against Barcelona - in which she described her journey from Dublin to the biggest stage in European football, and name-checked some old teammates.
There was also an f-bomb and an impromptu holiday plan that might have alarmed Ireland boss Carla Ward ahead of next week's return to Nations League action.
An emotional McCabe joked that she might hop on a flight to Spanish party island Ibiza.
Instead, however, she is scheduled to meet up with her international teammates for next Friday's game away to Turkey, and the visit of Slovenia to Cork on June 3.
She will head into her latest international camp with a brand new gold medal to show off to her Girls in Green pals - thanks to Stina Blackstenius's late winner against Barcelona.
Here is every word of post-match interview:
'I'm just in disbelief, to be honest. Well, no actually, I believe it, because we suffered together today. Barcelona threw absolutely everything at us and we f**king… sorry… we kept together, we rode it out, we rode the storm, and our game-changers came on, made sure we got runs in behind, and then Stina (Blackstenius) got the goal in the end, which was unbelievable. It's unbelievable to give this to our fans, our family, the players that have been here for so long, the players that have come and gone, you used to be an Arsenal player as well, it's been unbelievable, an unbelievable day for the club.'
'Yeah, look, that word got thrown around during the week, underdogs, but we deserved to be in this final. Right from the start, we've been in it since the very start, having to qualify for the tournament and the campaign, we had some difficult results in the group stage but we bounced back in the knockout rounds, we bounced back, we kept going, we kept being resilient, persistent and we were ruthless in front of goal. It just needed one chance and Stina took it.'
'Can I just say, when I first came to the club I was a young, naïve kid that came over from Dublin, and Fara (Williams), Emma Byrne took me under their wing right from the very start, taught me what it meant to be a professional footballer, and to play for Arsenal and wear the badge, and here I am, being able to connect with Fara and for her to see me and the girls to see us, it's just an unbelievable feeling.'
'Champions League winner, we all are. To give that to our fans today, they've been unbelievable, they were with us for every kick of the game.'
'Undisclosed location. I'll probably fly out to Ibiza in the morning!'
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