Enjoying life as a footballer – can win four titles

Chelsea is unbeaten this season and has the chance to win four titles. Centre-back Nathalie Björn is enjoying her football life – and soaking up the praise she receives. It's fun to get attention and that the hard work pays off. A receipt that I've done well. I've developed and feel like a really good player, she says.

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From a link in Marbella, she talks about how nice it is to be in the sun and warmth and to meet national team teammates ahead of the upcoming national team matches in the Nations League.

Denmark awaits in Odense on Friday, Wales in Wrexham on Tuesday.

It's really on. But it's nice that the season is ongoing at home in England. You feel in good form and have the rhythm, says Nathalie Björn.

Can take a quadruple

The club season is heading into its most intense and decisive phase. Chelsea is playing for titles on four fronts – in the Premier League, the league cup, the FA Cup, and the Champions League.

Chelsea's superiority in numbers:

+ Nine straight wins in all tournaments since mid-December.

+ A total of 23 wins and one draw in 24 matches since the competition season started in September.

An outstanding record since Sonia Bompastor joined as coach from Lyon.

Nathalie Björn and national team colleague Johanna Rytting Kaneryd are reliable pieces in the Frenchwoman's winning machine and hardly remember how it feels to lose.

On March 9, the FA Cup quarterfinal against Crystal Palace awaits, six days later the league cup final against Manchester City, and just a few days later a new meeting with City – the first of two quarterfinals in the Champions League.

"Incredible breadth and quality"

Can you give a brief but sharp analysis of why Chelsea is so superior?

We have come together as a team and as a group. There is an incredible breadth and quality in the squad. It's world-class players times two on all positions. Moreover, the environment is fantastic, says Björn.

The match program looks set to be packed well into May, and then new national team assignments await in the Nations League, national team camp, and the European Championship in Switzerland in early July. Nathalie Björn emphasizes how important it is to take care of the body and the mind to hold out all the way.

It really is. We get incredibly good help with food and recovery with everything that comes with it. It's incredibly important months we have ahead of us. It's about making sure to be on top and take care of yourself.

Sweden plays in Division A's group 4. The group winner qualifies for the semifinal. The last-placed team is relegated to League B.

Sweden's matches:

February 21: Denmark (Odense, 19.15)

February 25: Wales (Wrexham, 20.15)

April 4: Italy (Solna, 19.00)

April 8: Wales (Göteborg, 19.00)

May 30: Italy (away, time and place not yet clear)

June 3: Denmark (Solna, 19.00)

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