Last Wednesday marked the 55th anniversary of the Beatles’ song ‘Hey Jude’ reaching number one in the British charts. And although the reason was different, he did so with headlines on several covers of British tabloids. The reason for this was Jude Bellingham’s appearance in the England number 10 jersey in the Scotland friendly match.
decisive with England
A match that football player real Madrid He started the match with a 0-1 lead, scored 0-2 points and completed his best game in the ‘Three Lions’ jersey by assisting Harry Kane to make the score 1-3. A size 10 jacket that he luckily wasn’t wearing. “If you put him on the jersey, you have to put the number ’10’ in it. He is a playmaker who can score goals,” said Chris Waddle, former player and former coach of the Scottish national team.
Bellihgam, 20 years old, He made a qualitative leap forward in his first season at Real Madrid, especially in his first season where he took a leading role in goal scoring and scored five goals. and three consecutive awards came to the best player in the first four days of the league. Behind him emerges the new tactical responsibility given to him by Carlo Ancelotti, who has changed his drawing to give the Englishman more freedom behind the striker. This makes it the epicenter of creation; He accelerates the play, breaks defensive screens, and stays close enough to press dangerously into the zone.
Respect for the locker room
Bellingham focused on the new task Carletto offered him: “I have a role with a lot of freedom. My great teammates and my coach at Real Madrid have given me this freedom and I take advantage of it.” His teammates quickly realized that he was not just a talented youngster with Premier and Bundesliga experience. Dani Carvajal, one of Madrid’s captains, admitted to Jorge Valdano on his show: “We don’t want to deify him too much because the bar is very high. From the first moment he started training, we experienced players looked at each other in the pre-season and said, ‘Wow, this guy knows what he’s doing!’ we said. Not only do you see that it’s so fast, or that it’s technically insane… You also don’t see that it’s so complete. He comes, you give him the ball and from the third week on, everyone understands themselves while watching. He’s very smart.”
Bellingham is an extremely mature player, despite having entered his twenties just three months ago. Everything is so clear to him that he gave up more than 20 million net salary to earn that raw money at Real Madrid, he has heard many stories about him from his father, Mark, a former secret police sergeant and amateur football player. star. English with over 700 goals. Former Borussia Dortmund player rejects offers Liverpool and City will prove that, as Valdano said, “Real Madrid pays with honor, not with money.” It will be time for him to increase his income rapidly in Madrid, but this will happen in the coming seasons, because in this first season he is more interested in gaining the love of the fans and the respect of his opponents.
Bellingham’s career is a constant struggle in which the actor breaks all barriers. He was playing for Birmingham City’s Under-18 team when he was 14, and a month after he turned 16, manager Pep Clotet gave him his first team debut, becoming the youngest player in Birmingham’s history to make his debut. A milestone he confirmed weeks later as the youngest goalscorer in the club’s history. He went to Borussia from there when he was only 18 years old.
“He took on incredible responsibility at Dortmund, showing charisma and personality, confirming that he is brave and meets the leadership criteria. Bellingham has an insight into how the game should be organized in midfield and has an incredible work rate. Dortmund’s chief scout, Marcus Pilawa, said Real Evaluating his transfer to Madrid, he said: “I have no doubt that going to Real Madrid will benefit him, because he is a player who is constantly growing and only he can know where his limits are.”
For Gareth Bale, the last Briton to lift up the Bernabéu, “Jude is off to a great start in Madrid. Of course he scores goals and that’s important. It is always important to start life well, especially at this club and in Madrid. I think he will continue to make Britain proud. according to me “If he keeps working hard and doing what he does, then the sky will be the limit.”
Zidane’s mirror
Jude is the most expensive and valuable player among the 33 players joining the League this summer. The Englishman wanted to link his career in Madrid to Zinedine Zidane, another player he idolises. This is why the French football player symbolically chose the number 5 jersey he wore in Madrid. Bellingham has ‘Zidanian’ qualities thanks to his height (he is 1.86 meters compared to Zizou’s 1.85) and long-lined elegance. This allows him to move with elegant movements reminiscent of French.
Bellingham’s adaptation to the new blueprint of Ancelotti, whose tactical acumen was once again demonstrated by this clever manoeuvre, was such that the Englishman became the reference playmaker of the team sitting on the bench, no more and no less than the Ballon d’Or. Real Madrid and Jude himself are an inspiration for Luka Modric. The Croatian talked about this in an interview with Balkan media Sportske Novosti last week: “It feels strange to me not to play. I am aware that there is a lot of competition in the midfield and that these young people are top-level players and that is why they are in Madrid. We, the older ones, help them progress and slow down.” “We have to help them take on their slow roles. What I think clearly is that I will try to be among the heroes of this season.”
Bellingham’s relationship with the Croatian is second to none, but the man most attached to him has been Toni Kroos. The Englishman has words full of praise for the German: “He is a master. One of the things that attracts my attention is the detail in the pass. The ball goes where he wants. For a person who sees it from the outside, seeing it up close is now a pleasure, a luxury. To be honest, it’s a great pleasure to receive the ball from Kroos. “I also try to teach him the things I know how to do and how we can work together to help each other.”
Jude Victor William Bellingham won over the dressing room with his ability to empathize, took first place with the goals he scored, and even caused Ancelotti to make a special tactical drawing for him. Real Madrid fans are very happy with him and even in England they are already talking about his next captaincy. European cup next summer. The only development in this devastating start to the season was EA Sports learning that the 2024 update had reduced the game’s tempo to 76, even lower than last season. Something that caused laughter from his colleagues.