At 10am Friday 14 September, I awake from a much needed deep sleep and it occurs to me that today may possibly be the greatest moment of my life.

Today is the day we take on the World Champions, the Germans. At this point I am calm, relaxed and confident as I stroll leisurely along the hotel corridor with my team mates to the breakfast room. Everyone appears to be jubilant and full of conversation, with usual spouts of team banter from the regular culprits.

Looking around the room it is like any other match day, familiar faces, and cups of tea, soft drinks, toast and cereal. Except today, I can feel mutual recognition that this is a history making day. Collectively we do not have to talk repetitively about the Germans or their high profile players, we talk about us and what we expect from each other, in terms of support, encouragement and players fulfilling their job specifications to the best of their abilities, as we know we all will.

We are positive and we feed off the positive vibes from our Head Coach, who suggests to us that 'Today is going to be a great day', clearly in our favour!

The belief that we can get a result to give us the best possible chance of qualifying for the next stage is immense. As the schedule for the day steadily unfolds, I start to think about the game more and more.

I think about my role in the team and how I am going to combat the strengths of their forwards, reminding myself to be vocal, focussed and positive. By 5.30 pm the pre match meeting arrives, we are all sat awaiting the team talk from Hope, who reminds us of how far we have come, and what we have achieved and what is left to achieve.

Our Video Technician uploads images of every player in the squad and displays it on the screen; the images reinforce our togetherness, team spirit and resilience. I feel ready, excited and anxious. As I take a seat on the team bus I follow my usual ritual of listening to my music playlist on my iPod, to distract me and settle my nerves and emotions.

By the time we reach the ground I know what to expect, as I have already replayed in my mind the intense emotions when faced with a massive crowd, at an extravagant stadium, against the World’s best players.

However, this does not restrain me from feeling extremely nauseous before the warm up. Too late! A player in the dressing room has already been sick, I think the fact she has just brought up her pre-match meal quickly signals to my body not to follow suit!

During the warm up, I feel alert, sharp and ready with nerves now transitioning into positive energy.

Now the moment we have all been waiting for...standing on the red carpet hand in hand with my mascot we pace towards the pitch, sing the national anthems, shake hands and then huddle gearing each other up for what presently stands ahead.

Kick off...we hold the Germans to a goalless draw. We have once again reinforced our resilience, team unity and collective work ethic. As I step off the pitch I feel proud of my team and myself.

But for now, our celebrations are subdued because we want more and there is more to come. The team and I are already externally looking ahead to the next game against Argentina, as what we do next is what really matters and is in our control!