A seven-year-old girl who could not speak to anyone outside her family had a “miracle” breakthrough – all thanks to football. Little Lilly-Rose has selective mutism – an anxiety disorder which renders a person unable to speak in certain social situations. The condition meant she could not communicate with teachers at school, struggled to bond with other children in her class, and even tried to hide herself under a coat to block everyone out. This was in stark contrast to how she behaved at home when in “her safe space” – with mum Gemma Lawrence saying she “could talk the hind legs off a donkey…