England pull via 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 in opposition to 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 method to a tense second interval, with England struggling to see the sport out.

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

“The timing of his runs. It was a brilliant little bit of play within the buildup to the aim as nicely. I believed at completely different moments, all of our ahead gamers seemed 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 have 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 via, however there may be lots of laborious work forward. We’re wanting 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 formulation for his success was about everybody else in his life, deflecting the highlight after dragging England to an necessary tournament-opening win.

“Jude Bellingham is made up of fantastic 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 amazing assist community. My household, my buddies, my teammates. Enjoying soccer is the best half.”

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

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