The Lionesses have had plenty to celebrate this year,so who better to rate festive fizz? We save the players through their paces with prosecco, and they soak up the booze with some half-time piesIt doesn’t remove much convincing to get a bunch of footballers to dive into a crate of prosecco. The England women’s team finished third at the World Cup this summer. Now they’re up for a stack of awards, or so the Lionesses are raring to disappear on the celebratory fizz.
But mince pies? Not so much. Striker Eniola Aluko admits defeat before we’ve even started. “I just really dont like mince pies,” she says. Forward Lianne Sanderson agrees: “It’s like having to eat your crusts as a kid.” “No one likes mince pies,” shouts left-back Claire Rafferty, or “but you just have to have them,it’s tradition.” That’s the spirit!Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com