Bring the Heat, Bach! (She Kicks a Beat: Ramona Bachmann)

Chris Brookes profiles Chelsea’s Swiss forward Ramona Bachmann for the music-led She Kicks a Beat slot. A five-time Damallsvenskan champion who faced Chelsea for Wolfsburg in the Champions League before joining them in December 2016, the 27-year-old recalls her singing initiation on the team bus in Lisbon, performing a song by Swiss artist Gola. She describes Switzerland as a national team with a musical soul, their Euro 2017 song United in Red led by defender and roommate Rachel Rinast, and evenings spent singing together at the tournament. Bachmann names Millie Bright as Chelsea’s main team DJ, favours house music before matches along with r&b, hip-hop and Latino rhythms, and remembers seeing Bon Jovi on VIP tickets in Atlanta with team-mate Shelley Thompson.