Euro 2024: Ghanaian Lady Adwoa Mansah Meets Mbappe, Video Excites Football Lovers

Euro 2024: Ghanaian Lady Adwoa Mansah Meets Mbappe, Video Excites Football Lovers

  • A Ghanaian lady, who is a die-hard football fan, went viral after she shared the moment she met French player, Kylian Mbappe
  • The lady was flown to Germany to witness the Euro 2024, and she had the opportunity to take a selfie with the new Real Madrid signee
  • The video excited many fans, while others were unhappy about the security guard's attempt to prevent the Ghanaian lady from taking the selfie
  • Sports journalist Bill Eshun spoke about the significance and what it probably meant to her and many Ghanaians who saw the video and photo go viral

Ghanaian lady Adwoa Mansah was excited as she met her favourite French football player, Kylian Mbappe, at Euro 2024.

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Adwoa Mansah, a Ghanaian lady, met Kylian Mbappe at Euro 2024. Image Credit: @mansah_as, Pinterest and Getty Images
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Ghanaian lady met Kylian Mbappe

A Ghanaian lady had the privilege to be flown to Germany by UEFA to witness the 2024 Euro semifinal, in which Spain sent France packing.

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Standing in the mixed zone, the young lady was hopeful to meet her favourite footballer, who recently made headlines after being unveiled as a Real Madrid player.

The moment he walked through the mixed zone area at the stadium, she requested a selfie, and the player was more than happy to take one with her.

Excitedly, she shared the picture on her social media pages and also shared the video separately, writing an exciting caption describing how she felt after meeting Mbappe.

Below is the video of Adwoa Mansah meeting Kylian Mbappe.

Reactions to the video

Many people in the comment section were not happy with the security guard's actions in trying to prevent Adwoa Mansah from taking a picture with Mbappe.

Others were also excited for her as they wished her a fantastic journey in fulfilling her dreams as a football fan.

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The reactions to the video are below:

angndik said:

"the man is not emotionally intelligent. everyone was literally saying it was ok"

Kay said:

"that guy is bad vibes. it’s just a picture ffs."

Hakim said:

"Yes yes I wish you succeeded in your journey"

Mask Dr said:

"ur own good ..with the ⭐ boy"

alusinefofanah31 said:

"Keep up the great work ❤️"

I〽️ mwas said:

"see how Mbappe's eyes to that official,thanks to Mbappe for standing still and showing love to you"

"It's exciting to see" - Ghanaian sports journaist

In an exclusive interview with YEN.com.gh, Media General sports journalist Bill Eshun spoke about the significance of the memorable moment of Adwoa Mansah meeting Mbappe for the first time.

Speaking about fans choosing their sports icons, he noted that many were attracted to their exceptional style of play, their ability on the pitch, their winning titles, and their winning titles with their club and/or country.

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He also stated that it is through these listed things that these players make names for themselves and fans fall in love with them.

"Seeing Mbappe in general. He broke into the scene quite young with Monaco, won the World Cup, scored a bunch of goals and was seen as one of the best players in the world."

Speaking about how viral the photo and video went on social media, he said that generally if a Ghanaian sees that another Ghanaian has met someone as big as Mbappe, it is general excitement.

Explaining further, he said that it was because they would all want to meet him, too, when they get the opportunity.

GH journalist in tears as he meets Messi for the first time

YEN.com.gh reported that Mx24 Ghana sports journalist Ayim Derrick was in tears when he met Argentinian football team captain Lionel Messi for the first time at the Mercedes-Benz Stadium.

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The Ghanaian joined the over 70,000 football fans who witnessed the opening game of the CONMEBOL Copa América between Argentina and Canada on Thursday, June 20, 2024.

Many of his high school friends talked about his love for Messi, while others were overjoyed for him for finally meeting his idol.

In an exclusive interview with Derrick, he opened up about how he met Messi and how he felt after meeting him.

Proofread by Edwina N.K Quarcoo, journalist and copy editor at YEN.com.gh.

Source: YEN.com.gh

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Geraldine Amoah (Entertainment editor) Geraldine Amoah is an Entertainment Editor at YEN.com.gh. She pursued Business Administration at Ashesi University and graduated in 2020. She has over 3 years of experience in journalism. Geraldine's professional career in journalism started at Myjoyonline at Multimedia Group Limited, where she worked as a writer. She has completed Google News Initiative News Lab courses in Advanced digital reporting and fighting misinformation.