England pull by as Bellingham ‘writes his personal scripts’

Gareth Southgate stated Jude Bellingham “writes his personal scripts” after the Actual Madrid midfielder fired England to victory of their Group C opener towards Serbia on Sunday.

Bellingham’s Thirteenth-minute header was sufficient to provide the Three Lions a 1-0 win in Gelsenkirchen as a formidable first-half show gave solution to a tense second interval, with England struggling to see the sport out.

Nevertheless, Bellingham was England’s standout performer — choosing up UEFA’s Participant of the Match award — and Southgate stated: “He writes his personal scripts does not he?

“The timing of his runs. It was an excellent little bit of play within the buildup to the objective as effectively. I assumed at totally different moments, all of our ahead gamers regarded harmful and did a extremely good job for the group.”

England hit the crossbar within the second half as Harry Kane’s 77th-minute header was turned onto the woodwork by Serbia goalkeeper Predrag Rajkovic, however Southgate’s facet had been unable to take care of their first-half dominance as Serbia pushed for an equaliser.

“This group continues to be coming collectively,” Southgate stated. “Everyone seems to be anticipating us to waltz by, however there may be a number of onerous work forward. We’re in need of sure issues. We’re discovering very best options.

“We have had a really sophisticated run-in to all of this [due to injuries], however the spirit of the group was there for everyone to see tonight and we’ll undoubtedly develop from that.”

For his half, Bellingham stated the system for his success was about everybody else in his life, deflecting the highlight after dragging England to an essential tournament-opening win.

“Jude Bellingham is made up of wonderful individuals, actually,” he stated. “It is not simply me who turns up and enjoys it like I do and simply performs soccer, it is as a result of I’ve such an awesome help community. My household, my pals, my teammates. Taking part in soccer is the simplest half.”

Subsequent up for Group C main England is a match towards Denmark, who drew 1-1 with Serbia earlier within the day, and Southgate stated the early check may pay dividends for his facet because the Euro progressed.

“We needed to endure a bit, which I feel is admittedly good for us,” Southgate stated. “Second half we did not maintain it in addition to I might have appreciated, however to get the win is essential.”