Sweden's Asllani gives away special shirt after fan's heartfelt plea
"She was my mum's age and I thought, 'If she really wants it, she can have it'. I have so many shirts at home anyway," Asllani told reporters after her side progressed to the knockout rounds following a 3-0 win over Poland on Tuesday.
"I wanted to keep it, but when the woman's voice sounded so desperate as she called out, I decided I wanted to give it away."
The 35-year-old, whose parents are from Kosovo, said she was a little surprised when she heard the fan, identified by Swedish newspaper Expressen as a 60-year-old Geneva resident from Kosovo named Flora, called out to her.
"It was nice, I knew she was from Kosovo, she called to me in Albanian. She was my mother's age and very sweet, she deserved it," Asllani said.
The fan said that the Swedish captain, who created one goal and scored another in her side's win over Poland, was her favourite player and that she had a plan for what she wanted to do with the shirt.
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