It is also the home of 18-year-old English forward Ellie Brazil, who left Birmingham City in the FA Women’s Super League this summer to sign for Serie A champions Fiorentina. A lot of the girls speak English, but they’re very strict on the fact they want me to learn Italian. “The idea of playing at a World Cup was what I thought about. I never expected to be living in Florence, but at that time it was the World Cup that made me choose football.”Brazil realised that ambition last year, when she represented England at the U17 Women’s World Cup in Jordan. She scored her first league goal against Sassuolo in October before scoring her first goal in the Champions League in November against Bundesliga champions Wolfsburg.

Source: The Guardian December 06, 2017 11:01 UTC