As England trailed Belgium 3-1 in the 80th minute of Tuesday’s UEFA Women’s Nations League match, captain Leah Williamson played a first-time right-to-left diagonal ball into the box. Forward Michelle Agyemang, who had only entered the match 41 seconds earlier, watched the ball, took one touch to control it with her right thigh, swivelled her hips and smashed a volley into the back of the net.
“As soon as I touched it, I thought: ‘Just hit it’” Agyemang told ITV Sport. She called it the greatest moment of her young career.
The Arsenal academy graduate, who joined the club at the age of six and made her first-team debut at 16 in November 2022, even garnered praise from Belgium head coach Elisabet Gunnarsdottir, who told her after the game that “it was the nicest goal” she had seen this year.
“It was amazing,” said Gunnarsdottir. “You stand there and just enjoy it. This is what football is about.”
WHAT a way to make your England debut.
Michelle Agyemang 💫 🏴 pic.twitter.com/DS4uZPh1uM
— Lionesses (@Lionesses) April 8, 2025
As England prepared for the restart, trailing 3-2, midfielder Keira Walsh gave Agyemang serious instructions. Defender Lucy Bronze thumped the teenager’s chest with both of her hands.
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