While a Hannah Hannah Hannah saved two penalties to send England to the Euro 2025 semi-finals, it was all the more impressive that she was informed at a young age to continue football due to an eye condition which affects her perception of depth.
The 24 -year -old, who had stuffed a nostril throughout the wild shooting on Thursday evening against Sweden after a previous collision, was born with Strabismus, a condition that prevents the eyes from aligning properly. She underwent three surgeries before the age of three.
She broke her fingers and suffered bloody nose from mistreating the ball trajectory. Even pouring a drink, she said, is problematic.
But Hampton is not easily dissuaded and likes to prove that people are wrong.
“I’m here right now. You can’t let all the control control,” Hampton told journalists recently. “I think if you do this, it just adds fuel to fire and I was not ready to accept it.”
Hampton was put under the spotlight after the experienced EARPs announced his international retirement just a few weeks before the tournament.
She shone at euros in Switzerland, making a few diving stops normally before her shootout heroism, made more remarkable by the fact that she had taken a elbow to the face a few minutes earlier.
“I said to him, you only need one nostril,” said her teammate Chloe Kelly.
The Chelsea goalkeeper also made the headlines last week when his brilliant long ball led to a goal in their 4-0 beat in the Netherlands in the group phase.
“She made a massive contribution to a very good team performance,” said coach Sarina Wiegman. “The result was really good and how the team stayed together, but it experienced a big contribution to that.”
Hampton was a backup of Earps when England won the European title of 2022, but was withdrawn from the team shortly after in the midst of media reports on their attitude and behavior.
She said that the negative comment had almost arrested her.
Hampton was very smiling Thursday, even by calling a facetime appeal with his family and friends during his post-match press conference.
“I am in a supplier!” Hampton shouted to a family member before turning the phone screen so that they could see the press conference. His family and friends applauded.
Birmingham’s original goalkeeper spent much of his childhood in Spain, attending the British school in Vila-Real where his parents worked as teachers.
She played as an attacker for the Villarreal team of the Academy.
Sweden goalkeeper Jennifer Falk saved four of England’s shots during the Thursday shooting before running to take one of his own. A goal would have won the victory for Sweden, but Falk pulled his shot on the crossbar.
When asked if she had planned to take a penalty herself, Hampton laughed.
“They told me to focus first on the savers, then when there was, I would have taken one,” said Hampton. “I am a little excited – my instincts of the attacker come out.”
England will face Italy in the semi-finals on Tuesday in Geneva.
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