{"id":94340,"date":"2023-10-07T21:46:25","date_gmt":"2023-10-07T21:46:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stopsmokingway.com\/?p=94340"},"modified":"2023-10-07T21:46:25","modified_gmt":"2023-10-07T21:46:25","slug":"jude-bellingham-equals-ronaldo-record-as-fans-hail-next-ballon-dor-winner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stopsmokingway.com\/soccer\/jude-bellingham-equals-ronaldo-record-as-fans-hail-next-ballon-dor-winner\/","title":{"rendered":"Jude Bellingham equals Ronaldo record as fans hail ‘next Ballon d’Or winner’"},"content":{"rendered":"
Jude Bellingham is now part of an exclusive club with Cristiano Ronaldo after his latest brilliant display for Real Madrid. <\/p>\n
Bellingham scored his ninth and 10th goal of the season for Carlo Ancelotti\u2019s side in a resounding 4-0 victory over Girona. Lots of pressure was put on his young shoulders when he made his \u00a3115million move to the Bernabeu from Borussia Dortmund.<\/p>\n
However, he is making life wearing Zinedine Zidane\u2019s iconic No.5 shirt look like a doddle, contributing 10 goals and three assists in his first 10 appearances in all competitions. The 20-year-old\u2019s jaw-dropping numbers have even seen him level a record made by Ronaldo, after he joined the Spanish giants for \u00a380m in 2009.<\/p>\n
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Bellingham\u2019s second goal in Real\u2019s 4-0 victory over Osasuna saw him become the first player since the five-time Ballon d\u2019Or winner to score 10 goals in his first 10 matches for the club. After his eye-watering start to life in the Spanish capital, fans think Bellingham is destined to one day win the Ballon d\u2019Or.<\/p>\n
\u201cJude is on course to surpass David Beckham\u2019s legend status within a couple months,\u201d one fan wrote, comparing him to the former England captain. \u201cHow is he so calm in the box… Jude ballon d'or looking very real right now,\u201d a second admirer tweeted.<\/p>\n
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\u201cTenth goal in 10 games for the biggest club in the world at 20 years old. Safe,\u201d laughed another fan. A particularly impressed fan also wrote: \u201cBro just scoring and scoring for fun right now. That\u2019s his game tho! Great mover and well done for adapting his game to become more of a secondary striker.<\/p>\n
Confidence has been flowing through the England midfielder\u2019s veins. Earlier in the week, he played a starring role in the reigning Champions League winner\u2019s 3-2 victory over Napoli. He brought the ball forward, chopped past two Napoli defenders and slotted his second Champions League goal in two games, before stretching out both his arms and staring at the intimidating Neapolitan fans. <\/p>\n
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"What is surprising about Bellingham is that he is only 20. It feels like he's 30,\u201d Ancelotti said in his post-match press conference. \u201cFor his character, his personality. He is always focused on the match, he knows what he needs to do, and this is rare in a 20-year-old player.<\/p>\n
\u201cThen you have all his quality, his physical strength, his skills. It is surprising, we are all a bit surprised."<\/p>\n