Jude Bellingham vs Croatia (17/06/26) |

It's not always easy, but the men that we see here, can he make those runs today, for example, when Kane's going to drop? Those are the things that I want to see today, and how they're going to go about it tactically, because the noise was... Okay, the names are not... Some names were left out of the squad, but the big man to hold one with players that can play in his system. Let's see how he's going to make it work. Hostilich, into the middle, it's going to run on, it's Petr Moussa! Moussa, that's Jude Bellingham back in his own box defending. We saw a world-class performance from him in center midfield. Rhys James, to close that down before we get into running. And now Jude Bellingham on the run. All the way out to his right, does he see him? Does he need him? Jude Bellingham, is this going to be a World Cup moment for him? Not quite. As well, the difference right now, heavy touch from Staticic, and that ends a long... A wonderful look there, and a penalty appeal. By the way, the ball's still in play, as Bellingham is down. It's going to stay in play, it didn't go up. James wins the header, Bellingham for the second ball, gives it away, Josko Guardiola, and it's a good... We've seen Bellingham and Kane with really important defensive interventions here already in this game. Bellingham rolls it on the counter. A couple times when it's come out to Maroueke, though, like the ball that he played in for Bellingham, that there was the... The list of trophies won, the brand name of the club you play for. Maturina there, the goal scorer, working hard to win the ball back, and then draws a foul. It's a great ball from there. Jude Bellingham picks it up. Pulls down quickly, that's a foul. That's a free kick for England, right on the edge of... The assumption, the feeling, is this is the most difficult of the games. Well, first of all, Bellingham, as that wasn't dealt with by the Croatian defense, and Jude Bellingham running in one time! And here's one of the challenges when you play man-to-man. Gets rid of it, it's going to be knocked down and won back. Jude Bellingham, a chance for another save! Dominic Lonacovic, first save by either goalkeeper in this game. Couldn't be held in there by Botsarina, and now England are... They're going to come out and defend it. Possession, it's clipped in, it's hit! Knock it down. It just, everything he does is, or has been doing in this game at least, is just with confidence. But that's where England get scared. Yeah. Is when Jude Bellingham's playing this one. I would love another look at that. Bellingham. Kane's offside, so he couldn't play forward. And then Bellingham flying through with the tap and the... But even that little play there was... Jude Bellingham getting the ovation. It's his winning goal as it stands. Yeah, he was a driving force for the team, and had a couple of these where he was breaking for midfield. But really just excellent running off the ball.