ALISHA LEHMANN was hailed as being “so brave, so strong” and “so sexy” after suffering a bloodied face in action for her country.
The 24-year-old, who has been dubbed ‘the world’s sexiest footballer’, currently stars in the WSL for Aston Villa.
But she is currently on international duty for Switzerland and helped them to beat World Cup semi-finalists Sweden 1-0 on Friday.
In snowy conditions in Luzern, Lehmann was involved in a nasty collision during the Nations League clash that forced her out of the action.
She was left with a bloodied nose and had to be replaced on the 70 minute mark.
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Fortunately she does not appear to be in too much distress as after the game she took to Instagram to post a message to her huge 16 million following.
Lehmann shared several snaps from the game, which included one of her running with the ball, another of her celebrating Ana-Maria Crnogorcevic's goal and then a clip of her going to get treatment for her injury.
She captioned the photos with: “Big fight yesterday, so happy with the 3 points and so proud of the team.”
A flood of supportive comments soon flooded in, with Lehmann’s ex-Aston Villa team-mate Ruesha Littlejohnm among them.
She wrote: “So brave, so strong, so sexy.”
Switzerland’s win secured their first points in the Nations League after a poor start to the group that also includes Italy and Spain.
It comes after Lehmann was dubbed a “class act” after she jumped off the Aston Villa bus to hug a big fan of hers in a wheelchair recently.
The star also found herself being trolled after she was criticised for wearing make-up during her country’s 7-1 defeat to Spain during the last international break.
TV presenter Vicki Blomme was one of those who jumped to her defence, comparing Lehmann wearing make-up on the pitch to Cristiano Ronaldo and David Beckham caring about their hair.
She said on the Soccer Sisters podcast: “Yes, she plays with her sexuality, but they have done it many times.
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“Look at Beckham and Cristiano Ronaldo. I think make-up and personal grooming are seen differently than if a boy does his hair.
“A lot of people think it's vanity, but it's also feeling. The feeling of feeling confident and strong, there's something to that. I think it's good that we're different and that we look however we want.
“You take some of the attention away from football, but that's how it happened also with Beckham. There is nothing wrong with playing football with make-up, we have to stop blaming them.”
