Jude Bellingham, one of England’s heroes, has hailed the character of his team. As they came from a goal down to beat Slovakia 2-1 in extra time to reach the last eight of Euro 2024 football.
Bellingham 90+5 minute somersault helped England draw 1-1 with Slovakia and Harry Kane headed home the winner in extra time. With the Three Lions now on course to face Switzerland UFABET
“You’ve got 30 seconds left to go home, it feels like you’ve let your country down. That kick and everything was great. It’s not the feeling I wanted, but when it came it was great.”
“Playing for England is great, but there’s also a lot of pressure. To get on the pitch and score for me is a release. It’s a very happy moment.”
“Apart from their goal I thought we were pretty good. We went to good areas. And we could have been more clinical but the main thing we showed was a lot of character. In knockout football, when you create moments like that people can look around and think/ ‘Yeah, that’s the spirit we have in the team’. You don’t have moments without struggles.”
“It was 20 or 30 seconds before we were out of the Euros and the mood is very different now and it can get the team going. It’s a big moment but it’s a long tournament and we’ll know when we win it. We’ll see in two weeks how important it is.”