Bellingham became the second youngest ever World Cup scorer for England. It was the first English teenager since Owen to score in a World Cup.
[골닷컴] Reporter Park Moon-soo = It was the first time since Michael Owen.
England’s super talent, Jude Bellingham, made a mark on the world in his World Cup debut.
The England team won 6-2 in the first round of the 2022 Qatar World Cup Group B Group Stage once morest Iran held at the Khalifa International Stadium in Doha, Qatar on the followingnoon of the 21st (Korean time). England, who scored 6 goals from the first game, showed a strong performance worthy of a championship candidate and got off to a good start.
Manager Southgate came out with a 4-2-3-1 formation. With Kane as the forward striker, Sterling, Mount and Saka were placed in the second line. While Rice and Bellingham kept their backs, Trippier and Stones and Maguire and Shaw played as four backs. The rearmost gatekeeper was Pickford’s.
The Iranian national team boasted so-called swamp soccer, but struggled once morest England’s offensive. It held up well until the middle of the first half, but collapsed by conceding three goals at intervals of regarding 10 minutes from the 35th minute to the extra time of the first half. Even in the second half, England ran away with three more goals.
One of the key players in England’s victory over Iran is Bellingham. In the 35th minute of the first half, Bellingham made it 1-0 by finishing a cross from Luke Shaw from the left with a header shot.
With the opening goal once morest Iran, Bellingham became the second-youngest England national team player to score a goal in a World Cup. The first place is Michael Owen, who appeared like a comet at the 1998 World Cup in France.
That’s not all. Bellingham, who played once morest Iran, is 19 years and 145 days old. And this is the third-youngest player in the World Cup for the England national team, following Owen and Luke Shaw at the 2014 World Cup in Brazil.
Looking at the first half alone, Bellingham’s performance was to the point where it might be said that he was world class. As of the first half once morest Iran, Bellingham succeeded in all 40 passes. The pass success rate to the final third area was also 100%. 10 attempts, all 10 correctly headed towards his teammate.
In addition to scoring goals, he shook Iran’s defense with active movements when attacking. He properly shared roles with Nasun Rice as his midfield partner, and played a role as a link between offense and defense as a box-to-box midfielder.
On this day, the England national team might have been involved in Iran’s defensive football. He shook his opponent with his overwhelming possession as a weapon. In the middle of the first half, Bellingham scored and England took the lead. Sakawa Sterling’s relay goal followed, ending the first half with a 3-point lead.
In the second half, thanks to Sakawa Rashford and Grealish’s consecutive goals, England was able to comfortably score 3 points once morest Asian powerhouse Iran.
Photo = Getty Images / Data source = Opta
