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Arsenal defender eager to take more responsibility
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• Williamson wore armband for 8-0 win over North Macedonia
Leah Williamson said she would tell her younger self to “stay in the moment a bit more” after she captained
England for the first time in the team’s 8-0 defeat of North Macedonia on Friday night.
“I’ll tell her to enjoy it a little bit more along the way,” said the Arsenal player. “I was so stressed about becoming the person I wanted to be at the end of my journey, and maybe didn’t enjoy the road so much. That’s why I wanted to enjoy today, because it’s a special day. And if you’d have said it [you’d be England captain] to that little girl playing
Football, she probably wouldn’t have believed you.”