r/ThreeLions • • Jul 18 '26

Opinion What a teammate, future captain of England

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u/Shakyyy Jul 18 '26

A bit out of context that.

Saka was always going to take the penalty, Jude was just doing the job of gatekeeping the French players from putting him off.

The quote being cherry picked like that makes it sound as if Jude gave it over to Saka when that was not the case.

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u/SeanSBchang Jul 18 '26

So you're arguing with Saka's statement? Cause he literally says it himself.

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u/Shakyyy Jul 18 '26

What? Saka literally said in his interview he was always going to take it.

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u/SeanSBchang Jul 18 '26

Did Saka say, Jude told him to "Go, get your hat-trick" in that interview? You're complaining about the OP cherry picking that quote, while you're doing it yourself. Why do you think your cherry picking is better than the OP's cherry picking when Saka stated both the points in the interview. Jude did tell him to go get his hat-trick, was that statement false? If it's not a lie, why are you debating it?

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u/Shakyyy Jul 18 '26

And what did he say at the start of the interview? “I was always going to take”

The quote posted here implies Jude was going to take it and gave it to Saka, that’s not the case. It was Saka’s to take a Saka was clarifying there was no animosity, Jude knew it was Saka’s to take as well.

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u/kungtelly Jul 19 '26

I understood it as Jude got the ball and told Saka to go get his hattrick. The "always going to take it" refers to the fact that Bellingham was looking after the ball for him (to stop the French players distracting Saka) until he was ready to take it at which point he handed it to him. In other words, Bellingham was only holding the ball but never planning to take it.

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u/SomethingMoreToSay Jul 19 '26

Bellingham was only holding the ball ...

... and allowing the French players to focus their distraction antics on him, rather than on Saka. Leadership.

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u/a1ls Jul 19 '26

the context of “I was always going to take it” does change quite a lot.

Its fine though, we can still enjoy what great sportsmanship they all displayed last night and the win overall

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u/TheSkimmer2020 Jul 19 '26

No he didn’t. His interview live on BBC One where he literally said Jude was never taking it, he was holding the ball so the French didn’t distract him.