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Matildas star Cortnee Vine has revealed why she took a recent break from football - and the strangest aspect of her fame following the Women's World Cup last year on home soil.
In a wide-ranging interview with Daily Mail Australia, the electrifying winger also said if she is overlooked for the Paris Olympics in July, she won't resent coach Tony Gustavsson.
'Life has definitely changed, I feel people staring sometimes...there are a lot of eyes on me,' the 26-year-old brand ambassador for luggage brand Strand said.
'It is the little things...I used to walk up to my local coffee shop in my PJ's and place an order. I don't do that anymore.
'The same goes at the supermarket.. people sometimes do a double take to see if its me, and then often ask for a photo.
Cortnee Vine became a national hero after her penalty shootout heroics in the World Cup quarter-final clash with France last August
The marquee of the A-League Women's competition admitted her life hasn't been the same post the World Cup (pictured, in her Sydney FC kit)
'I'm