{"id":94368,"date":"2023-10-08T00:24:13","date_gmt":"2023-10-08T00:24:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stopsmokingway.com\/?p=94368"},"modified":"2023-10-08T00:24:13","modified_gmt":"2023-10-08T00:24:13","slug":"bellingham-is-the-toast-of-spain-and-that-is-great-news-for-england","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stopsmokingway.com\/soccer\/bellingham-is-the-toast-of-spain-and-that-is-great-news-for-england\/","title":{"rendered":"Bellingham is the toast of Spain and that is great news for England"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>The 20-year-old who rules at No 10: Jude Bellingham is the toast of Spain already in his new role &#8211; and that is great news for England and Gareth Southgate<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><span>Jude Bellingham has had a stunning start to life at Real Madrid since his move<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>His emergence as a genuine world class No 10 is also brilliant news for England<\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong>Listen to the latest episode of Mail Sport&#8217;s podcast &#8216;It&#8217;s All Kicking Off&#8217;\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>After years of sensibly trying to downplay young success for fear of over-hyping expectations, Gareth Southgate seems to have accepted that horse has well and truly bolted for the 20 year old after his eight goals in nine games from midfield for Real Madrid.<\/p>\n<p>In a week in which the Madrid press, in full Jude-mania mode, compared him to Alfredo di Stefano and Diego Maradona after a wonderful goal against Napoli, the time for tempering expectations has long gone.<\/p>\n<p>Confronted with a question on whether Bellingham is, in fact, the best in the world, Southgate paused. \u2018I wondered if you might say that,\u2019 he said, smiling, fearful of heaping even greater expectation on a young man already a global phenomenon.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018It\u2019s not a stupid question. I haven\u2019t seen everybody and studied everybody playing. All I can say it is he\u2019s a the one of the biggest clubs in the world arguably the biggest, and he\u2019s playing exceptionally well and he\u2019s currently the match winner for them so he\u2019s in a brilliant place.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>With England, there has always been a worry that should Harry Kane suffer an injury, the reserve centre forwards aren\u2019t in the same bracket in terms of quality. What Carlo Ancelotti\u2019s tactical tweak of Bellingham\u2019s game has done is make that a moot point; Bellingham plays behind two wide players for Real Madrid and is one of the most potent goal threats in the world, playing a No.10 role but charging into the box to finish off chances.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/08\/00\/76289895-12606411-image-a-14_1696720666700.jpg\" height=\"441\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Jude Bellingham has had a superb start to his Real Madrid career since his summer move\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/08\/00\/76289917-12606411-His_emergence_as_a_world_class_No_10_is_brilliant_news_for_Engla-a-84_1696722108982.jpg\" height=\"445\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>His emergence as a world class No 10 is brilliant news for England and Gareth Southgate<\/p>\n<p>\u2018He\u2019s playing higher [up the pitch this season] and we played him higher against Scotland,\u2019 said Southgate. \u2018He had that freedom in the Ukraine game as well, but we didn\u2019t use the game well enough in the final third. But he\u2019s always looked dangerous and had an impact around the opposing box with Borussia Dortmund and with us, without looking quite as calm as he has this season in front of goal. It\u2019s brilliant to have people who can win games. He\u2019s been the match-winner for Real Madrid and the start for him has been absolutely phenomenal. I\u2019m chuffed to bits for him.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>If Kane were ever unfit, Bellingham as a goal-scoring No.10 would surely be England\u2019s best replacement? \u2018There are lots of different No.10s, aren\u2019t there?\u2019 said Southgate. \u2018The No. 10s, I played against, Dennis Bergkamp, Gianfranco Zola probably were forwards that dropped deeper rather than the other way round. Jude is a more powerful player than those, slightly different. He\u2019s more of a midfield player, who\u2019s going to make midfield runs. That doesn\u2019t mean he\u2019s any less effective, as we\u2019ve seen.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Their team [Real Madrid] have fond a nice balance with the athletic midfield they have behind and, having lost Karim Benzema and Vinicius [to injury] as they did, they have been adapting. He\u2019s been defending on the left wing in a couple of games and I can just imagine the reaction from all and sundry if I asked him to do that! Look, he\u2019s doing brilliantly well and that\u2019s the beauty of some of the options we\u2019ve got. We can play players in different positions. They\u2019re good players so they can adapt.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p>Alfredo Rela\u00f1o, editor of hugely-influential and famously-demanding Spanish sports tabloid AS, said it more elegantly on Wednesday after Bellingham\u2019s goal at Napoli.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Maybe Madrid couldn\u2019t get Kylian Mbappe but Bellingham is a huge success and as a midfielder who plays like an attacker, he genuinely reminds me of Alfredo Di Stefano,\u2019 wrote Rela\u00f1o. \u2018The elegance in his gait and the manner in which he uses the ball, his ferocity and indefatigability in battle, he\u2019s half artist, half warrior. He\u2019s the organisational focal point of the attacking game and yet still able to be the goal-scorer finishing chances.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Steve McMananam and David Beckham, Madrid legends in their own way, never had anything like this. To be mentioned in the same breath as Di Stefano in Madrid is the equivalent of a Manchester United player being compared to George Best or Sir Bobby Charlton. And a player like that is quite the asset to have in your team when attempting to break the 60-year curse of failed campaigns.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/08\/00\/76289909-12606411-Bellingham_shone_when_playing_in_a_more_advanced_role_for_the_Th-a-85_1696722108983.jpg\" height=\"425\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Bellingham shone when playing in a more advanced role for the Three Lions against Scotland<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/08\/00\/76289897-12606411-His_exploits_at_Real_have_already_seen_him_likened_to_Alfredo_Di-a-86_1696722108984.jpg\" height=\"425\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>His exploits at Real have already seen him likened to Alfredo Di Stefano and Diego Maradona\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Next Friday, Southgate will take on Australia at Wembley in a friendly match and then a proper meeting of heavyweights when Italy come to London for the Euro 2024 qualifiers, a tournament for which they have all but qualified.<\/p>\n<p>It will also be a reminder of the fateful Euro 2020 final against Italy, either a missed opportunity or a stepping stone for England depending on your take. England are now genuinely admired throughout Europe, along with France, as Euro 2024 favourites.<\/p>\n<p>Beating Italy 2-1 in Naples, despite being down to ten men for the last ten minutes last season, was an indication of that and we\u2019re a long way from the dark night of the soul Southgate was experiencing this time last year, when he had resolved that Qatar would be the end of the journey for him after a dreadful Nations League campaign. It was September last year when England were booed by their own fans in Milan after a 1-0 defeat in Italy, with social media villagers reaching for their torches and pitchforks to round him up. Much has changed since then.<\/p>\n<p>England already had great players, a clear way of playing and years of building up resilience and team spirit under Southgate. Adding one of the best No.10s into that mix could be decisive.<\/p>\n<h3>IT&#8217;S ALL KICKING OFF!\u00a0<\/h3>\n<p><span>It&#8217;s All Kicking Off\u00a0is an exciting new podcast from Mail Sport that promises a different take on Premier League football, launching with a preview show today and every week this season.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>It is available on MailOnline, Mail+, YouTube , Apple Music and Spotify<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/i\/pix\/2017\/08\/02\/636x90_facebook_ad_sport.png\" width=\"636\" height=\"90\"><br \/>\nSource: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/article-12606411\/Jude-Bellingham-Spain-England-Gareth-Southgate.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 20-year-old who rules at No 10: Jude Bellingham is the toast of Spain already in his new role &#8211;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - 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