From ball girl to hero of England women's team

Coming off the bench, 19-year-old striker Michelle Agyemang scored the "golden goal" in the 90+6 minute to help England hold Italy to a 1-1 draw after 90 minutes.

Michelle Agyemang celebrates after scoring a goal in the 90+6 minute to help England's women's team equalize 1-1 against Italy in the Euro 2025 semi-finals - Photo: Reuters

In the 119th minute of extra time, Chloe Kelly scored the decisive goal to help the England women's team win 2-1 against Italy and win a ticket to the Euro 2024 final.

This was Agyemang's second goal at Euro 2025. Notably, both goals were decisive in helping the England women's team "survive" at a time when it seemed hopeless. Previously, in the match against Sweden in the quarter-finals, Agyemang also came off the bench and scored in the 81st minute to help the home team equalize 2-2. Thanks to that, the England women's team was able to win 3-2 in the penalty shootout to secure a ticket to the semi-finals.

The British press has unanimously praised Agyemang as the "new generation star" of English women's football. The Four Four Two page headlined: "Michelle Agyemang: A star born at Euro 2025". But what surprised people was that 4 years ago, Agyemang was still a ball girl at Wembley Stadium. Now she has become a shining star in the biggest tournament in the continent.

Speaking to ITV, Agyemang said: "I am so grateful to God that he brought me here. As you said, just four years ago I was a kid throwing the ball to some players, and now I am playing with them. This is a great opportunity and I am so happy to be here. It is wonderful and what I wanted more than anything."

Not only does she shine on the field, Agyemang is also described as having a warm and humble heart. For example, after the quarter-final match against Sweden, instead of celebrating with her teammates, the 19-year-old girl went to comfort her opponent.

Faith is also important to Agyemang, according to British media. She often listens to gospel music before matches to lift her spirits. The church has also influenced her to play the piano - a hobby she will continue to maintain when she travels to Switzerland with England for Euro 2025. At that time, Agyemang asked the music director to bring her a piano by truck.

"I play piano, bass guitar and drums. I have a piano in my room so I spend a lot of time there just playing and relaxing. I play every day because it's right in front of me. Especially on match days, I usually spend about 2 hours playing and enjoying it," said Agyemang.

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