Who else? Jude Bellingham mouthed the words during the wild goal celebrations and it was a good point well made. It simply had to be Bellingham, England’s golden boy, rescuing the team, the nation and surely Gareth Southgate, too, with an act of comic‑book brilliance just when all seemed lost.
The board had gone up to show six additional minutes at the end of the 90, England trailing to Ivan Schranz’s goal for Slovakia midway through the first half and the obituaries were being written. Hell, they had been written.
Written by David Hytner at the Arena AufSchalke
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/football/article/2024/jun/30/england-slovakia-euro-2024-match-report under the title “Bellingham and Kane rescue England in dramatic extra-time win over Slovakia”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
