With qualification for the European Championship one victory away, England preparing this Monday for Tuesday’s match against Italy (a repeat of the final of the last edition of the said tournament, won by the ‘azzurri’ on penalties) at the Tottenham training center with a name in the air: Jude Bellingham.
The midfielder of real Madrid He did not play a minute in the victory against Australia (1-0) since last Friday. The Englishman’s participation in the friendly was anecdotal, he only came out to warm up a few times and received applause from Wembley, but Gareth Southgate decided to give him total rest, like Harry Kane already Declan Riceso that they are at 100% for the important duel against Italy.
England, group leader with 13 points, will qualify first if they win this Tuesday. In case of any other results and there are two games left, you have to wait.
Bellinghamafter his great start to real Madrid, with ten goals and three assists in ten games, will start against the Italians, in a repeat of the Euro Cup final in 2021 that England lost in the same scenario. On that day, Bellingham He watched the fateful penalty shootout from the bench. He didn’t play a single minute in the final and, in fact, played just 55 minutes in the entire tournament.
Now the situation is completely different. Bellingham He is understood as a star in this team and as a future captain.
“He (Bellingham) can make a difference,” he said Kieran Trippier after the victory against Australia. “When he was young, he was very mature, he had a lot of quality and aggressiveness. He was scary. It is not a surprise at all the level he is giving in the real Madrid“.
The dazzling form of Bellingham in Chamartín has created a debate on England about the position where the midfielder should play. They asked Southgate which places him in the ’10’ or ‘8’ position and does not relegate him to a more defensive position.
From the midfielder, Bellingham He has already given his best performance in England, leading the team to victory against Scotland a month ago with purpose and help and it remains to be seen if Southgatelesser known on the offensive side, wanted to take a chance against Italy.
It is expected to fill up this Tuesday at Wembley -stadium with a capacity for 90,000 people- and the perfect opportunity for Bellingham Transfer everything you do at Real Madrid to your national team.
“He’s playing with a lot of freedom and with the players around him he’s going to get even better. What’s scary is that he’s only 20 years old,” he added. trippier.
Source: La Verdad
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