The moment Jude Bellingham jumped up and hooked the ball into Slovakia's net in the 90+5 minute, it came from a throw-in. The ball was fed in from the wing for Marc Guehi to head into the wall, then Bellingham created one of England's most beautiful goals in EURO history.
But the reality is that before Bellingham scored, England had already played a lot of high balls. Against Slovakia's solid defense, England mainly played on the wing, then crossed the ball inside to try their luck. Harry Kane and his teammates jumped high many times, but to no avail.
Jude Bellingham's impressive scoring moment
England's equalizer actually came from a somewhat... lucky move. Perhaps no coach could have predicted that a player would jump and hook the ball as beautifully as Bellingham did.
It was a moment when England were just 10 minutes away from home. The tense atmosphere, the constant pressure, the lack of clear opportunities... all of these adversities only added to the glory of Bellingham's goal.
The Real Madrid superstar created a moment that, apart from him, hardly any other "Three Lions" player was sober and brave enough to make a crazy choice, which if failed, would almost end England's comeback.
"We made a mistake just a little bit, just a few centimeters off. But with a player who plays for Real Madrid (like Bellingham), you will be punished," coach Francesco Calzona affirmed.
Jude Bellingham came to EURO 2024 with "huge" expectations, even though he just turned 21 a day ago. Bellingham is not only the youngest star of EURO. He is also a Champions League and La Liga champion, a mainstay of the European king Real Madrid and almost won the domestic top scorer title in his first season.
Bellingham shines to erase doubts
Bellingham also had a dream start to EURO when he headed the ball into the net against Serbia, helping England win 1-0. However, after that, the former Birmingham City midfielder played the full 90 minutes, but only averaged 7.14 (against Denmark) and 6.32 (against Slovenia) respectively.
Bellingham is not in sync with the surrounding satellites such as Phil Foden, Bukayo Saka or Harry Kane. The player born in 2003 is considered to be slow in developing the ball, has poor coordination and does not have a clear position.
For example, in the match against Slovenia, Bellingham's main statistics were 3 zeros: no goals, no assists, no shots, and no chances created.
But it is important to understand that Bellingham’s decline comes from the overall disarray of the England squad. Southgate has 23 players from different schools, with independent personalities and coached by very different philosophies at the club.
Combining stars into a unified team has been a problem for many England coaches over the past 60 years. Coach Southgate is to blame, but also pitiful because he has followed the same path of failure that has no solution.
However, the difference between Southgate and Fabio Capello, Roy Hodgson or Sven-Goran Eriksson before is that he does not have to coach "paper tigers" with real value far below reputation, but has truly good and talented players.
England have enough squad for coach Southgate to calculate
The moment Bellingham made the most difficult choice (crouching for the ball) at the most difficult moment (the penultimate minute of injury time) is the dividing line between good and great players.
Good players can still create good moments, when they are really relaxed in their mind. Great players can create history at any time.
Just like the way Bellingham coolly scored a double against Barcelona, helping Real Madrid bring down the Nou Camp fortress, or when the 21-year-old midfielder swung the ball to quickly pass the ball for Vinicius Jr to score the decisive goal in this season's Champions League final.
The more difficult the situation, the more arrogant and explosive Bellingham becomes. It is not easy to find a player with such character at the age of 21.
"I don't change much because I know I have players like Bellingham and Kane. When you watch them play, you wonder why they can do that," coach Southgate shared.
England played poorly against Slovakia, but according to Bellingham, even if they hit rock bottom, the Three Lions can still come back. Because they still have someone to hope for. Like Bellingham.
Source: https://thanhnien.vn/doi-tuyen-anh-be-tac-nhung-may-man-van-con-bellingham-185240701044241348.htm
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