It was the final day of the Women’s Euros group stage and Belgium were playing the biggest game in the history of its women’s team. In their starting XI for the winner-takes-all clash with Italy were national icons, from two-time Champions League winner Janice Cayman to the Red Flames’ all-time top scorer, Tessa Wullaert.
Alongside them on the teamsheet, though, was a name that many believe has the potential to hit the same heights over the course of her career; a teenage talent with the world at her feet by the name of Hannah Eurlings.
“She was ready,” Ives Serneels, the Belgium head coach told GOAL, explaining his decision to start 19-year-old Eurlings in such a huge game. “She showed already, in our qualification games, that she has a lot of talent.”