Alongside Harry Kane, Jude Bellingham is the other big name of an England team that is already among the top four in this World Cup. His double against Haaland’s Norway sent the three lions to the semifinals, where they will face Leo Messi’s Argentina. With six goals and one assist in six matches, the Real Madrid player’s performance makes him one of the stars of the tournament. He is the highest-scoring midfielder in the entire championship.
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He has six goals in six matches
The key to this improved Bellingham lies with Thomas Tuchel and his decision to push the midfielder forward, giving him more freedom and allowing him to participate much more in the team’s play. The numbers back it up. While he scored 8 goals in 39 matches with Real Madrid, in this World Cup he already has six goals in six matches. The Englishman feels comfortable closer to Harry Kane, with whom he is forging a lethal attacking partnership that has allowed England to avoid disaster on more than one occasion throughout the tournament.
When the British were playing for first place against Panama and the score was 0-0, Bellingham put England ahead and assisted Kane to seal the victory that confirmed them at the top of the table. He became a hero in a packed Azteca against host Mexico in the round of 16 with a double that did not prevent England from suffering greatly. And in the quarterfinals, he was decisive again against Norway to send them to the World Cup semifinals with another double.
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Tuchel has brought out the best version of Bellingham, although the Madrid forward did not have exactly kind words after the match against the Norwegians. The Englishman did not like that his coach said he was not happy with the team’s performance and admitted that England was lucky: “Maybe he doesn’t know what it means to face a team with Haaland, Odegaard, Nusa, Sorloth…,” he hinted to reporters.
Will Mourinho take note this season with Real Madrid and follow Tuchel’s example?
