Raised in his presentation in front of Serbia and invisible in his second game match Denmark, Jude Bellingham took a step back in the closing group stage of European Cup and after signing a non-layered conflict against Slovenia is in the spotlight of England’s demanding environment.
Around the British team there are almost always voices in charge of marking the current pace of a team that, at the moment, is not satisfied with European Cup. Its fans have not won a title for 58 years (since England World Cup 1966) and live on a sometimes irrational roller coaster of emotions. They are capable of showing excessive optimism at any hint of glory and they are also capable of the opposite, of finding fault and pointing them out at any hint of failure.
Like a handful of former British footballers, almost all internationals, who have gone from the grass to the sets to openly express their opinions. Names like Gary Lineker either Alan Shearer They commented without filters on the evolution of England and the sound of their words also reflected through the concentration of the British team. Until now, Gareth Southgate This has been the main focus of their criticism but after three games in which England have not shown any kind of identity, the negative opinions point to other protagonists.
One of them is Jude Bellingham. The player of real Madrid premiered to the applause of the entire football world with more than the right match against Serbia. He scored the winning goal (0-1) with a powerful header, came close to one of his best games with the white team and was named UEFA’s best player of the match. All is glory and chaos Bellingham, where they expected another exhibition against Denmark which did not exist.
The team led by Kasper Hjulmand It stopped any attempt at euphoria that England might have launched upon the world. He exposed the problems of the British team, without a guide in the engine room where a right back like Trent Alexander-Arnold directed the destinies of his teammates. The other mortgaged on those works, Declan Rice He disappeared again, while Conor Gallagher solution to the second part, also unmeasured. AND BellinghamMeanwhile, it was completely unnoticed.
In the problem of the midfielder as the main focus of attraction, with Southgate in the pillory for recognizing that the idea of Alexander-Arnold It is “an experiment” to replace Calvin Phillips -out of call when he would have been in-, Bellingham escaped criticism from the ever-complicated English environment. He had another chance, against a weaker team like Slovenia, to go back to square one and at least maintain the level of his debut.
Bellingham and its worst data against Slovenia
However, the opposite happened. Bellingham lowered the level even further. It’s very, very far from his best games. The statistics of the match revealed a disappointing game for the English midfielder: he did not create any chances, he did not have a single shot on goal (he did it only once in the whole European Cup), he did not complete any passes in the final attacking third, only 12 percent of his passes were forwards, he barely won 22 percent of his duels (the worst figure in England) and lost the ball as many as 16 times (the worst on his team).
His inconsequentiality was absolute and this time his poor performance went unnoticed. Lineker, For example, he criticized the symbol of England: “In the first half and even in the second, I thought that sometimes Bellingham That’s on the left side. jude He had a bad night. After a great game against Serbia, he has struggled since then. “I think he has a lot of lost cause,” he said on his podcast.
Naa BBCthe goalkeeper Joe Hart He also pointed out the bad meeting of Bellingham: “It didn’t work very well and he had a couple of discreet games,” he said. Both are some of the criticisms leveled at the player by real Madrid. His fans, so far, are not weighing him down, although they are showing signs of weariness with England’s performance in European Cup. Against Slovenia, they showed their displeasure by throwing glasses from the stands, and, so far, they have Southgate In the spotlight.
“I understand it. The most important thing is that the fans continue with the team. I understand speaking to me, but they create an unusual atmosphere in which they behave. In the teams that have qualified, I have never seen them accept Understandable I, but I will not back down, I am proud of the players how they behave in this environment,” said the British coach in a press conference after the match. Slovenia.
Southgate It seems that the shield and the wall where all the criticisms from the most demanding, its fans, collide. He bears all the blame like a good penitent. He is also the ‘punching ball’ of the media and former English internationals, now opinion-makers. BellinghamSo far, he has not come under the wrath of his fans. However, other dangerous focus, the British press and retired football players, are beginning to turn their heads towards his figure. Now, in the round of 16, he will have the chance to silence everyone. Meanwhile, Bellingham is in the spotlight.
Source: La Verdad
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