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Michelle Agyemang in England has an aura about it – you just know that something special happens

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Looking back Michelle Agyemang in England the beginnings against Belgium in the UEFA Nations League on April 8 is an entirely different experience now that when I saw this match live.

Going back, I feel like I’m watching a movie. More specifically, seeing this short flash of a scene at the start of the film, what you know is important, but you do not yet know how everything is fine. The genre that makes you say: “Oh! I understand ”, when the credits start to roll.

And although history has not yet been finished for England, which will face Spain in the European Championship final on Sunday in Basel, the photo becomes clear.

That night in April in Louvain, 42 seconds after her first appearance for the senior national team, the 19 -year -old woman scored to win her ticket for Euro 2025. And head coach Sarina Wiegman became Steven Spielberg of football – an expert in instant prefiguration.

England is in this final because of Wiegman’s tactics; Its ability to move training in the final game phase and adapt to adversity. A large part of this flexibility is Acyemang, who marked late in the two direct elimination stadium games to maintain the defense of the title of holders: an equalizer of the 81st minute against Sweden to help obtain a possible shooting victory, and again in the semi-final against Italy by doing so 1-1 in the sixth minute of the overtime.

But if you watched this Nations League match against Belgium, you shouldn’t be surprised. She and Wiegman showed us that day exactly what they could do.


Before this match in Belgium in April, Agyemang graduated from the Arsenal Academy had only made three departures of the female super league, while being loaned to Brighton. So that’s really what she did at that time, producing a little magic when England needed it most, which provided her in the Euros team before more experienced options such as Nikita Parris and Fran Kirby.

She can create something from anything, and that’s what England needs in games. I think at this singular moment that made the finalist coach of the major tournament, Wiegman, thought: “Wow. This kid can do something else can do. We may need it in a few moments this summer. ” And she proved this right.

It starts with the vision of Agyemang and what she brings to the game before she is even on the ball. That day against Belgium, when the corner enters, she already has the right physique to push the defender marking her.

She is obviously very good aerial, but I think that this little boost … Bang Check. If it fell to her, she would have had the additional court.

She then reacts to go to win back the ball. If she doesn’t do that, her goal never comes.

You will find below where you see more of this natural spatial consciousness. She went immediately to take off from the rear shoulder. She is now tight, then creates a separation and now she takes off … Bang.

AGYEMANG expected this pressure from the Belgians.

She returns to the defender again and remains between the two. It is this ability to always stay between the two. Someone tightens, she comes back. She is like a pendulum, swinging back and forth to find the half space and free herself from her marker. It’s very impressive.

On the objective itself, she even has the awareness of being on the back shoulder. His touch and the following finish are simply calm.

Sometimes you know that the ball arrives and you have time to land it on your foot, but you could rush it. It’s just a pure calm and a composure around it is not agitated. It is also a super ball, from Leah Williamson, to find Agyemang in this space.

This is what happened after this goal that solidified his plane ticket euros for me – and probably Wiegman.

AGYEMANG went and took out the ball from the goal, as if to say: “Okay, come on. Let’s go. ‘ It was her beginnings for England, but for her, it was a match in which her team was 3-1 and they had just recovered one with nine minutes. This mentality is there.

It was the plane ticket – even by encouraging fans of England. The momentum is massive. This, for me, would have been: check, check, check, check. You go to Switzerland.

From the movement to the objective of the celebration, Agyemang has a gift to be in the right place at the right time. It is not a stroke of luck; It’s his talent. She has this spatial consciousness, calm and composed under pressure.

Although this goal is not enough to recover the match against Belgium, it was the precursor of two crucial goals of economics of euros.


What we saw of Agyemang against Sweden, then Italy is a player taking advantage of not being marked. However, she is still in competition for the ball.

AGYEMANG is still on the rear shoulder. On the cross of Chloe Kelly in the 81st minute of the quarter -final, a large part of the effort comes from Beth Mead; However, AGYEMANG finds a way to be an additional body in the box and adjust in real time. And more importantly, she moves her feet well.

She is really good to get. When Mead directs him, Agyemang is still in the air. Then, when Mead wins, Agyemang adjusts his feet quickly and finds the ball.

It is a tidy finish. It is in the right place at the right time, again.

It was a moment, England needed to involve the fans. The atmosphere and the energy have really changed, which has passed England through additional time and penalties.


AGYEMANG, like Kelly before her, creates an aura as soon as she arrives in the field. Fans, opposition players; They all know that something special is about to follow. And she created this in her first major tournament.

This is why, against Italy, I had the impression that there was no more belief when she continued.

She has an incredible ability to read where the ball lands. In this semi-final, once again, it is not marked. However, she knows where the Cross of Inswing is going.

She knows that she is not going to get there, so she plans where the goalkeeper will do it. It is not a coincidence; It is his game intelligence.

Seeing that the other two players crash, it blocks. And there again, calm. She adjusts her feet, does not precipitate the arrival, obtains the right contact. People should not underestimate this. Other players would rush, but this movement of the feet to take place is so good.

There was still a piece of magic left in Agyemang during this match.

In the 117th minute, the goalkeeper of England Hannah Hampton sends a long ball above, providing where she will go. A lot of credit should go to Hampton for putting AGYEMANG to do this race to the race. She said essentially: “I saw you do it in training, now will show us.

You have to applaud Agyemang’s conscience and confidence to try it. Consciousness, confidence, rhythm, strength, technical, competence. It is just directly on it.

His shot finally slammed the crossbar, but the idea was there. Could this be another moment teasing what will happen for a player who will be there for many other tournaments with England?


During these euros, Wiegman brought Agyemang in the 70th minute against Sweden and the 85th against Italy.

In both cases, she scored 11 minutes later.

People may say that she should start the final tonight, but I wouldn’t change her role. What I would do is bring him much earlier. England leaves him later and later. There were the same calls to that Agessia Russo begins at Euro 2022 instead of Ellen White, but Weigman’s plan worked perfectly.

Even if she does incredible stuff, doing it more than 90 minutes in a major final against world champions at the age of 19 is a great demand.

Weigman should stick to Russo to start. It was also phenomenal. The role of Agyemang at the moment works – leave it as is. Do not leave it so late. Spain keeps the ball much longer. So if something is wrong, I think Wiegman has to change it a little earlier.

There is a pressure in the role Agyemang played, but when it is your first tournament, you don’t really know everything that is happening; You just ride with it. It is in your second or third – when there is more expectation for you – that things are starting to feel heavy.

For the first, however, I hope she appreciates it because everything is new and should be fun. You will play in a major final. Four years ago, she launched the ball on the field as a ball girl at the Games of England, and now she is on it as a player.

You have to ride with this story – catch the revelation that you should have seen coming all along and enjoy the show.

(Top Photo: Harriet Lander / Getty Images)

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