I felt like this graphic novel was made by British soccer teammates passing a notebook back and forth and dreaming about what would happen this season. I enjoyed the lived-in feeling of the art and the characters. Like everyone else, I had a hard time pinning down the setting, the outfits and hair felt 90s, and the slang felt mid-2000s, but I assume it is meant to be current. I am sorely disappointed in how the ending was presented. We dedicated pages to sex and singular players, but we couldn't get a real ending. It would have been better to leave it unsaid.

The first thing that made me pay attention to this graphic novel was its interesting art style and the vibrant colour palette. The second thing was the story itself. Although hopeful it shows the difficulty many girls and women have to go through in comparison to men who in this case gate everything served on a silver platter without even trying very hard or actually being good at football. Is it still, even this year, necessary to talk about the inequality? Isn't it something that's supposed to be extinct? As we can see, based on this story, it's still something very real, something so many women have to deal with today, something ruining many dreams. I don't consider it a perfect representation of struggles with inequality but it's a great example of a book that could be recommended to show the importance of this issue.

The cover is what attracted my eye to this title. I loved the colourful felt tip pen illustrations. The art made the story more approachable to me as a reader. ,I love the message and would love to know if there is a sequel planned.