England Family Took Me Under Their Wing - Agyemang

"No matter what, travel to maine and I will show you nan ropes."

The Lionesses are not conscionable a team, but a family according to England's breakthrough Euro 2025 prima Michelle Agyemang.

At 19, nan Arsenal striker was nan youngest subordinate successful nan England squad who successfully defended their European crown successful Switzerland.

She faced a daunting acquisition of integrating into a successful squad, but said players for illustration Alex Greenwood made judge they took Agyemang nether their helping during nan tournament.

Manchester City skipper Greenwood, 31, was nan youngest personnel of England's squad astatine nan 2015 World Cup. Ten years later, she led by example.

As 1 of nan astir knowledgeable players successful nan squad, pinch 105 caps, she made a beeline for nan teen to connection reassurance connected nan first time of camp.

"A batch of them took maine successful because I was nan youngest successful nan team," Agyemang told BBC Breakfast. "It tin beryllium difficult sometimes but everyone was truthful consenting to thief me.

"They took maine nether their wing. I person only been astir for a short clip but they were truthful loving, benignant and caring."

Being a Lioness is not only reserved for nan players connected nan transportation but for nan squad down nan scenes, who make judge nan squad tin execute to their highest level.

Manager Sarina Wiegman has been praised for her domiciled successful ensuring squad players felt arsenic important arsenic nan starting XI pinch Agyemang, who picked up nan young subordinate of nan tourney award, saying "everyone is valued".

"Everyone, nary matter your role, nan backroom unit and nan unit down nan staff, everyone is weighted successful this squad and you tin spot it pinch nan measurement we celebrated," Agyemang continued.

"We each did it together. To spot it travel disconnected successful nan extremity shows really together we were and I'm truthful grateful that we person specified a bully squad astir us, and it made it truthful special."

England fans person ensured Agyemang has go nan taxable of humorous online memes aft her facial expressions of happiness and exasperation were captured connected camera during nan Lionesses' astir testing moments.

The online nosy is each portion of nan crippled arsenic Agyemang's first acquisition of a awesome tourney could not person gone overmuch amended - pinch it ending successful tears of happiness.

"I americium not really that expressive erstwhile it comes to emotions," Agyemang added. "Sometimes my facial expressions are nan astir you will get retired of me. Especially successful times for illustration nan win, a batch of gratitude is nan main emotion I americium feeling.

"I did outcry a small spot because it was truthful surreal to spot nan alteration from nan first crippled each nan measurement to nan final. At times it was difficult, but we made it and I was conscionable grateful to God for that.

"As soon arsenic Chloe's [Kelly] punishment went in, I was conscionable successful disbelief. Jess Carter was hugging maine and I was for illustration 'what is this, what is going on?'. It was conscionable mad."

The scenes of sheer jubilation erstwhile skipper Leah Williamson lifted nan trophy for nan 2nd clip successful 3 years brought overmuch of England to tears, pinch Agyemang understandably stating: "I person ne'er been portion of thing for illustration that before."