“Bellingham will win the Ballon d’Or”

Dragan Stojkovicselector Serbiasaid this Saturday in a press conference, on the eve of facing England in their first Euro Cup match, that the game of Jude Bellingham “it’s awesome” and that’s in the future “win the Ballon d’Or”.

The Balkan coach praised the Real Madrid figure and is confident he will win individual awards at some point in his career after a fantastic first year with the Madrid team, where he won the Spanish Super Cup, the Liga and the Champions League.

“He is a great person. He will definitely win the Ballon d’Or in the future. His play is impressive, although he is young, he is strong, he has quality, he showed it all at Real Madrid. You don’t need to give him much space, he is a very important player for the English team. See you on Sunday. In defense, of course, we have to be careful and show everything we did in our training,” he said.

“But it’s really impressive how he plays. He’s a very, very young guy… It’s really amazing the performances he puts in every game. It’s great for England, bad for us. But we will do everything to be in control,” he added.

Stojkovic, asked why he expects from England and if he believes the British team is overconfident in their chances of winning the title, joked to Garteh Southgate’s team: “What are we waiting for? Well, we are waiting for the champion in England to win the title. There is only one problem, everything that is said and said must be shown on the field. We can talk about this and that…”, he noted.

The Serbian coach admitted that he knows everything about the English system and its players. In this regard, he declared that “there are no surprises” because his team has all possible information. However, he made it clear that if Serbia “does not do its job”, it will not do anything against the British team.

Likewise, he spoke about the order he would give his players if they scored the first goal of the game: “It’s very simple, score the second. Every time you score a goal, you want to score the next one. We’ll see how The game will develop, whichever way it goes, playing against England requires total concentration.”

“We will do everything to create opportunities. We must not forget that football is played in two directions. “It’s a tournament, every detail is important, it’s not a classification, it’s a tournament, every point is important, every yellow card, everything.”he added.

Finally, he pointed out that England, compared to a few years ago, when it was runner-up in the Euro Cup, has changed because there is a “new generation” that has shown its talent both in the Premier League and in the qualifying rounds. “I’m glad to see you,” he concluded.