The half time whistle had just been blown when Courtney McDonald stepped out to the bathroom.
England's chance of beating Ukraine in the Euro 2020 quarter final were looking promising.
But Courtney never got to see how the game panned out. The next thing she recalls is waking up on her bed to find paramedics standing over her.
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Her 14-year-old younger brother had to phone for an ambulance after she collapsed on the bathroom floor, having suffered a terrifying seizure.
Four months on from the Euro game on July 3 last year, the 21-year-old who lives in Bury, was diagnosed with epilepsy.
The neurological condition is thought to affect around one in every 100 people in the UK and can happen to anyone, at any age.
Courtney admittedly knew very little about epilepsy before receiving her diagnosis from a neurologist last November.
Now she's been forced to put her dreams of working in healthcare on hold, and is coming to terms with the loss of independence that comes with the condition.
"There are so many simple things people take for granted like I did before," Courtney said.
"Simple things like I can't have a bath in case I have a seizure. I have to have a shower instead.
"I can't go out on my own. If I'm having a bad day I can't just get up and go for a walk on my own in case something happens.
"I've lost all of my privacy. When I go to the toilet I can't have the door locked in case I have a seizure and someone needs to get in.
"Before my diagnosis I had my graduation. I couldn't even have any flash photography because that's a trigger."
Courtney says she wants to create more awareness about the debilitating effect the condition can have on a person - both mentally and physically.
She suffered a head injury after one seizure, which caused her to bang her head after falling over.
And the detrimental impact the condition has had on her mental health has been extremely difficult to deal with at times.
"When I was diagnosed I didn't know where to turn. I didn't know anyone with epilepsy and I just felt alone," Courtney said.
"My mental health just deteriorated.
"I struggled because I was restricted so much and I went from being very independent to depending on everyone else.
"It's still not great, I am still struggling.
"I have come to terms with my diagnosis but it's still a lot to take in. I don't really like going out in public anymore because of the anxiety of having a seizure."
Around the time of Courtney's diagnosis, she had been due to start a new job working in mental health services.
But the offer was withdrawn because her employer couldn't make the necessary changes to adapt the job to her condition.
"I needed to have someone around in case I had a seizure. I was upset about it but I didn't blame them."
"I want to go into healthcare but because my seizures are not under control I wouldn't be able to do a job like that because of the risk to myself and others."
Courtney says she'd like to see more coverage of epilepsy, and wants children and young people to receive better training about what they can do in an emergency.
"When I was diagnosed I had heard of epilepsy before but it's different when you are the one being diagnosed. My eyes have been opened since.
"My brother was only 14 when the seizures started. He'd never had to ring an ambulance before and at first he was really scared and nervous.
"I just feel like it's a scary thing for someone to ring 999. I think there needs to be more conversation with children about what to do in an emergency.
"It’ll probably make them less anxious and nervous if they do have to do it."
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