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The Swedish Italian couple, Linda Sembrant and Lisa Boattin, have been together for exactly 4 years and today is even their anniversary.

Both of them has a game today.

Juventus had already played their game earlier that day. They had to play against AC Milan and won their game with 6-0.

Boattin scored one of the goals. She had dedicated her goal to her girlfriend.

Right after her game ended, Lisa jumped into a plane and flew to Germany to surprise her girlfriend on their anniversary.

She flew to Sinsheim, where the German Champion has their game against Hoffenheim, instead to Munich because the whole team, including her girlfriend, are there.

One of the Bayern staff picked her up at the airport and brought her to the stadium without Sembrant knowing anything about the whole thing.

The former Juventus captain, Arianna Caruso, who came to Bayern Munich as a loan player this winter knew what Lisa was up to because she told her since she is her best friend and all. She needed to swear to Boattin not to say a single word to Linda that she comes to Germany to surprise her.

Caruso asked one of the staff to pick up Boattin from the airport.

And now the Italian player sits in the stadium and watches the game.

Linda isn't in the starting lineup but she got the promise from the coach that she will get minutes in this game and she knows that she can trust those words from the Norwegian coach.

It looks like Strauss keeps his word because the Swedish defender got into the game in the 75' minute and replaced Tuva Hansen.

The last time where Bayern had to play against Hoffenheim, Sembrant wasn't able to play because she was suspended due to her yellow red card she got in the game before that, which was against Leipzig.

It was pretty stupid on her part and she had no idea what she was thinking in that moment because she knew she already got a yellow card in this game but she didn't let go of the Leipzig player in the penalty box.

She was a little disappointed in herself and her girlfriend cheered her up during their phone call on that day.

But today, Linda plays against Hoffenheim even when it's only for more than 15 minutes.

Sembrant even scores a goal as well. She scored in the 84' minute.

This is her third goal of the season. Funny enough all three goals were scored after a corner.

Her former Juventus teammate made her debut for Bayern today. However, she only played 3 minutes because she came into the game after Pernille Harder scored the fourth goal of the game in the 90' minute.

It's a bit funny that both Sembrant and Caruso, two former Juventus players, made their debuts for Bayern against the same team, Hoffenheim.

After the extra time is over, the referee blows her whistle and the game is over.

Bayern wins the game with 4-1.

The German Champion was in the 25' minute one goal behind but they could score the equalizer in the same half. And then Bayern could completely turn the game around in the second half.

As soon as the whistle is blown, Boattin goes down to the field to let her girlfriend know that she is here and to finally take her into her arms.

Arianna sees that Lisa is on the field now and turns to Linda, who unconsciously has her back to the love of her life.

"Look who is here to see you", says Caruso to her teammate with a smile and points behind her.

Sembrant is confused but turns around and can’t believe her eyes who she sees there. She didn't expect to see her girlfriend but she is so happy to see her here in Sinsheim.

"Lisa", breaths the defender out and smiles. She doesn't hesitate for a second and makes her way quickly over to where her girlfriend stands and takes her into her arms.

"Hi, mi amore", says Boattin with a chuckle as Linda pulls her into a tight hug and returns it.

"Surprise, amore", adds Lisa with a bright smile on her face and nuzzles into her girlfriend's neck.

The Bayern player smiles back. She is over the moon that her girlfriend is here. This is really the best surprise.

Without warning and breaking their hug, Linda lifts her girlfriend up, which causes Lisa to laugh and slings her legs around Linda's waist.

After moments of enjoyment being close to each other again, the Italian woman pulls her head back and looks into Linda's eyes, who returns the look. For a short moment, they get lost in each other’s eyes.

"I have missed you", whispers Sembrant but loud enough for Lisa to hear.

"I missed you too", replies she and leans down to kiss her girlfriend.

Since they both are aware where they are currently, they break their kiss and Linda puts her girlfriend back on the ground.

The Juventus player wraps her arms around Linda's waist and puts her head on her shoulder.

"Happy anniversary", says she after she remembers again the main reason why she wanted to surprise her girlfriend on this specific day, other than just seeing her of course.

"Happy anniversary", replies Linda with a smile and gives her girlfriend a kiss on the forehead.

"You know, I also scored a goal today", says the Italian without lifting her head up.

No, Linda didn't know that because she had no time to check how her girlfriend and her former team had played because she was focused on her own game.

"Is it coincidence or faith that we both scored a goal today on our anniversary?" asks the Bayern player.

Boattin thinks for a moment before she answers. "I don't know. Maybe both", replies Lisa and lifts her head up. She would like to think that it’s faith that they were both able to score a goal on their anniversary.

"I love you", says the Swede and leans down to give her girlfriend another kiss on the lips.

"I love you too", mumbles Lisa against Linda's lips.

Arianna approaches them.

"You two are really cute", says she out of nowhere and was watching the whole thing. They were always this cute. That didn't change in the last 4 years.

The couple breaks their kiss and looks to the former Juventus captain.

Caruso just smiles as she sees the look they give her. She wanted to give them a moment for themselves.

Boattin pulls away from her girlfriend to hug her best friend, who hugs her back. She is happy to see her national teammate.

Lisa drives with the team back to Munich and will of course sit next to her girlfriend and cuddle with her.

The Juventus player will stay a few days in Munich and spend some time with her girlfriend but also with her teammates, who she already met multiple times before and gets along pretty well with all of them.

She will also be there on Wednesday when FC Bayern Munich has to play in the quarter-finals of the DFB Cup against Eintracht Frankfurt at home in the Bayern Campus. And of course, she will wear one of Linda's Bayern jersey and support the love of her life during that game.

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It's Wednesday and that means today is the quarter-finals of the DFB Cup. FC Bayern Munich against Eintracht Frankfurt. The German Champion plays at home at the Bayern Campus.

And of course, Lisa is at the Campus to support her girlfriend during the game, even though Linda isn't playing because the center backs for this game are the captain, Glódís Viggósdóttir and Linda's Swedish fellow, Magdalena Eriksson.

It was planned that the Italian player would also be at the game on Wednesday because she doesn’t have a game herself until the weekend and her coach has no problem with it.

Lisa sits with Lena Oberdorf and Katharina Naschenweng, who are both still out due to their knee injuries.

She wears Linda's Bayern jersey. It's the home jersey from this season, which the Bayern team will also wear today.

The German player looks to Boattin.

"Bayern red suits you", teases Obi with a smirk.

"I have to agree with Obi", says Kathi and looks to Lisa as well.

The Juventus player rolls with her eyes. It's not the first time she heard that. Literally every time she wears one of Linda's Bayern jerseys one of the players tell her how much this jersey suits her.

"I still won't join your club", says she while she shakes her head but smiles.

She has nothing against Bayern but she will never leave Juventus for no other club. Because Juventus is her dream club and she has been playing there for years and this is where she met the love of her life.

However, she would have nothing against playing together with her girlfriend in the same club again.

Boattin knows that Linda is not in the starting lineup but maybe she will later come into the game.

The referee blows her whistle and the game can start. Nothing really happened in the first half expect a few fouls here and there from both teams.

In the half time break, the coaches give their respective teams a pep talk and the necessary push. Hopefully this will work.

After the break is over both teams return to the pitch.

However, there are still no goals scored in the first 30 minutes of the second half.

But then in the 79' minute happens the first goal of the game. Unfortunately, it was an own goal from Bayern's defender, Carolin Simon. That means the away team takes the lead at the moment.

Everything looks like that Bayern will lose this game and therefore will be out of the DFB Cup. It's pretty stupid because this season they really have a chance to win it because Wolfsburg is out.

But Bayern's striker with the number 9, Jovana Damnjanović, has something against it because she scored in the 90' minute the equalizer, which means the game goes into extra time.

The home team comes better into the extra time because they scored a goal in the 93' minute. The captain, Glódís Viggósdóttir, scored it after the assist from Momoko Tanikawa.

And then Momoko even scored a goal herself in the 104' minute and what a banger of a goal that was.

Caruso almost scored a goal but a Frankfurt defender was in the way and blocked the ball to fly into the goal.

In the 109' minute the Serbia player scored her second goal.

After the 120 minute are over the referee blows her whistle and the game is over.

The German Champion wins this game and are in the semi-final of the DFB Cup. They won the game with 4-1 after extra time.

The Italian player goes down to the pitch together with Obi and Kathi and walks straight to her girlfriend. Lisa is happy for her girlfriend and her team that they reached the semi-final.

When Lisa is in front of her Linda wraps her arms around her girlfriend and leans down to kiss her.

But their kiss doesn't last long because Sembrant breaks it and looks down at her girlfriend.

"I love seeing you in my jersey", says the taller woman with a soft smile.

Her heart always skips a beat when she sees that, no matter if it’s a club jersey or a Swedish jersey.

Lisa smiles back as she takes a step back from her girlfriend and reaches into her pocket to get something out. She kneels down in front of her girlfriend and holds out a beautiful ring in her hand.

"Oh my god", breathes Sembrant out in shock. She didn't expect something like that at all. Her girlfriend is really proposing to her right now. This feels like a dream to her. But it's not a dream.

Boattin takes a deep breath before she begins. "Linda, you are the love of my life. I love you more than anything in the whole world. These 4 years we are together have been the best and the happiest in my life. I want to spend the rest of my life with you by my side. Linda Birgitta Sembrant, will you marry me?" asks Lisa with a pounding heart and waits for an answer from the taller woman.

Luckily, she doesn’t have to wait long for that.

"Yes, I will!" exclaims the defender with a bright smile on her face and bends down to kiss the still kneeling Lisa. The Juventus player returns the kiss.

She is over the moon that Linda accepted her proposal.

They break their kiss and Boattin stands up and slips the ring onto her fiancée's finger. The Swede looks at her new ring.

"Do you like the ring?" asks Lisa softly. Linda looks up from her ring and looks to her fiancée. Fiancée. It has a nice sound.

"I love it, just like I love you", answers the Bayern player.

How long did her fiancée planned this? How long did Lisa have this ring? Maybe she will ask her fiancée later about it.

"I love you", says Boattin.

"I love you too", replies the blonde woman and pulls her fiancée into another kiss.

Linda's teammates, who were watching the whole thing, cheered for them and congratulate them on their engagement.

The former Juventus captain walks over to them.

"Congrats you two", says Caruso to the newly engaged couple with a smile and takes her two friends into a bear hug.

She is so happy for them. But Arianna had no idea that Lisa planned to propose.

Linda and Lisa celebrate their engagement later when they are alone in the former's apartment. But first they want to celebrate this victory with the team.