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Highly-rated Chelsea midfielder Ashanti Akpan\u00a0became\u00a0provisionally cap-tied to England on Tuesday as the Young Lionesses defeated Greece 2-0 in their opening game of the 2024 UEFA European Women’s U19 Championship qualifiers, allnigeriasoccer.com<\/strong> reports.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n She arrived at the England camp in very good form, having netted a brace for Chelsea U21s in a 6-1 win over Charlton Athletic in the WSL\u00a0Academy League.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n Wearing the number 4 at the back of her jersey, Akpan\u00a0made her first competitive appearance for England youth teams after coming off the bench at halftime as a replacement for Madison Earl, with the game staged at the\u00a0Cardiff International Sports Campus deadlocked at 0-0.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n A one-time change of association application must be approved by football’s governing body, Fifa if the Warsaw-born player decides to represent either Nigeria or Poland in the future, provided that she has not played a competitive game for the Lionesses.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n Prior to her first competitive appearance for England’s youth team, she openly flirted with the Nigeria squad, having been spotted several times wearing the country’s jerseys.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n In addition, she follows Super Falcons stars\u00a0Ashleigh Plumptre, Michelle Alozie and Asisat Oshoala, Super Eagles duo Kenneth Omeruo and Victor Osimhen, Super Falcons, Super Eagles and the Nigeria Football\u00a0Federation on social media.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n Ashanti’s Polish mom, Mags told allnigeriasoccer.com few years ago that the Nigerian Federation had not contacted her about the possibility of her children representing the African side.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n Ifeanyi Emmanuel\u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n Copyright ANS<\/strong><\/p>\n
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