Wembley Ball Girl And Bringing Piano To Euros - Agyemang's Journey

When she was a shot woman astatine an England lucifer astatine Wembley conscionable 4 years ago, Michelle Agyemang says she was "never that adjacent to nan action".

The 19-year-old surely is now, having scored decisive goals to thief support nan Lionesses' Euro 2025 dreams live successful Switzerland.

Her 81st-minute close-range decorativeness sent their quarter-final against Sweden to other clip and past penalties, wherever England triumphed successful a chaotic shootout.

With her broadside moments distant from a daze 1-0 conclusion to Italy successful nan semi-final too, Agyemang - connected arsenic a precocious substitute again - pounced to resistance her broadside level successful nan 96th minute, earlier Chloe Kelly sealed a 2-1 success successful other time.

Having travel done England's under-age teams, her first existent brushwood pinch nan elder broadside came erstwhile she was a shot woman successful Sarina Wiegman's 3rd lucifer successful complaint - a World Cup qualifier against Northern Ireland successful 2021.

"It was crazy," Agyemang told BBC Sport. "Seeing nan girls truthful adjacent to my face. Beth Mead sewage a hat-trick that day, truthful to beryllium a portion of that acquisition was invaluable and I'll ne'er hide it."

Wiegman knows astir her improvement from shot woman to first-team player, but nan Arsenal guardant does not deliberation her England team-mates cognize astir her history - and that's OK.

They cognize her arsenic nan quiet, unassuming teen who comes live connected nan pitch.

Against France successful England's opening match, Agyemang provided a sensation of what she is tin of.

Her four-minute cameo almost led England to propulsion disconnected an improbable comeback, pinch cipher successful nan squad having much touches successful nan guidance container than Agyemang's five.

But while she could not prevention nan Lionesses from conclusion then, her extremity against Sweden successful nan quarter-final kept them successful nan tourney and, ultimately, connected way to clasp their title.

"It intends nan world to maine to yet beryllium here," she added.

"I don't deliberation I would person expected that possibly a twelvemonth agone but everything happens for a logic and to beryllium present is great. To measurement connected nan pitch, moreover conscionable to deterioration nan kit is simply a awesome privilege for maine and I bask it - each azygous 2nd of it."

Agyemang's presence connected to nan world shape has been thing but low-key.

Her England debut came against Belgium successful nan Nations League successful April, erstwhile she scored a stunning volley conscionable 41 seconds aft coming connected arsenic a subsitute.

That put Agyemang firmly connected Wiegman's radar and, aft selecting her to beryllium portion of nan Euros squad, nan England leader said nan youngster would "bring thing different" to her side.

Against Sweden, wrong 11 minutes of coming onto nan transportation arsenic a substitute, she delivered connected that prediction.

"As soon arsenic I sewage connected nan transportation Chloe [Kelly] said to me: 'Go and beryllium yourself, spell and create havoc, spell and alteration nan game,'" Agyemang said.

"To person personification springiness you that benignant of assurance shows that they person spot successful maine and instils that assurance successful myself arsenic good to spell and get nan occupation done."

Havoc is not a connection usually associated pinch Agyemang, whose contiguous consequence to triumph complete Sweden was to console her opponents and who team-mate Lucy Bronze describes arsenic "sweet and unassuming".

Faith is besides important to Agyemang, and she listens to gospel euphony earlier matches to thief get herself successful nan zone. The religion has besides influenced her to play instruments - a hobby she has been capable to support up while successful Switzerland acknowledgment to nan kit man bringing her soft complete successful a van.

"I play nan piano, nan bass guitar and nan drums. I person my soft successful my room truthful I'm spending a batch of clip successful location conscionable playing and chilling," she said.

"I don't deliberation that there's a time that I spell without playing it because it's correct successful beforehand of me. Especially connected crippled days I astir apt walk astir 2 hours conscionable playing and enjoying myself."

Agyemang, who is besides studying Business Management astatine King's College London, is yet to play soft for nan full squad but said Lotte Wubben-Moy has been to perceive her.

"Lotte asked me, 'hey tin I travel over?' And I said, 'yeah, why not?' She came and sat down for astir 30 minutes and we had a bully time," she recalled.

As nan youngest personnel of England's squad and competing astatine her first awesome tournament, Agyemang is still getting utilized to nan spotlight that comes pinch being a Lioness.

She was speaking to BBC Sport earlier it became nationalist knowledge that England were moving pinch constabulary aft defender Jess Carter revealed she had been nan target of racist abuse while successful Switzerland.

Agyemang said being nan attraction of attraction was "weird".

"When I was younger I wasn't really nan biggest instrumentality of cameras and worldly astir me," she said.

"It's bully to cognize that group are willing successful nan women's game, and successful me."

That calm and mature nature, which she says comes from her parents, is helping her to equilibrium her accelerated emergence pinch nan accrued attention, and truthful substance her assurance connected nan pitch.

"Whenever I get connected nan transportation I person that belief I'm going to score," she said. "Even if it's intolerable I still person that belief that I'm going to get connected nan scoresheet."

Had personification told young Agyemang she would beryllium playing for England astatine Euro 2025, she says she would person backed herself to perform.

"I would person had afloat belief and assurance that I could spell and make an impact," she said.

"From a young property I person ever had that assurance successful myself and that belief. I decidedly would person said, 'go and do what you cognize you tin do'.

"Hopefully we spell each nan measurement and I tin show much of myself to nan remainder of nan world."