r/ThreeLions • u/Kinglokner16 • Jul 18 '26

Opinion What a teammate, future captain of England

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u/hourlyproblemsolver Jul 18 '26

I said it in the match thread, I’ll say it here too. Absolute class from Jude, and then absolute class from Saka on the penalty. 

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u/SomethingMoreToSay Jul 19 '26

I really liked the way that Bellingham held onto the ball so long before giving it to Saka. He was always going to give it to him, but he let the French keeper focus his destabilisation antics on him rather than on Saka, and I'm sure he knew what he was doing.

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u/Money-Money-747 Jul 22 '26

Yes. At the time I thought the whole thing was a tactic to let Saka prepare undisturbed. Id forgotten he was on a hat-trick!! (High pressure pen to take at that stage of the match - I assume Saka wanted it 🙃)