Jude Bellingham equals Cristiano Ronaldo’s first goal for Real Madrid | Football | Sports

Madrid unofficially ends last season, listening to the voices in the opponent’s stands Hey Jude The Beatles. This song was sung by Manchester City fans during their 4-0 victory in the second leg of the Champions League semi-finals. Five months later, John Lennon and Paul McCartney’s anthem became a trend at the Santiago Bernabeu, thanks to the boy of the day: Jude BellinghamJB), so far no opponent has been able to decipher it. When he scored the first two goals in the win over Osasuna, the new Chamartin started the chorus again.

The 20-year-old Englishman’s overwhelming rise has forced comparisons that would have been unthinkable until recently. And that dark night at the Etihad Stadium when his signing was taken for granted. Against the Reds, Bellingham equaled Cristiano Ronaldo’s opening goal tally for Madrid. Nothing less. England and Portugal each scored 10 goals in their first 10 official matches in white jerseys. However, if you include total goals (goals plus assists), the Englishman still wins, as he has accumulated assists for the Portuguese three to one in this period.

“As always,” Carlo Ancelotti said at the start of Saturday, having no choice but to answer a series of questions about Madrid’s most prolific goal-scoring playmaker. “It’s not easy to control a player of this type. He doesn’t have a fixed position, which gives him an advantage. He arrives and links up well with his teammates. It’s an amazing start for everyone. No One expected so many goals,” admitted the Italian coach.

Their records speak of quantities, but most importantly of specific weights. There is no padding in his statistics. In fact, everything he added to his personal locker room was in the service of the Whites’ overall victory. The first two goals in a comfortable win over Navarre were his. When it’s time to relax, even if he misses a penalty kick, he has already done his thing. On a poster day like in Naples and four days later, on an interwar afternoon like this Saturday, it’s all decisive.

In 8 games in the league, his number of goals (8) has equaled the number of goals in 31 Bundesliga games last year. Last year in Germany he had already achieved an increase in opposition goals: from 6 to 14 in 2021-22. “He knows that he is not a goal-scoring center forward, but a playmaker or indoors. One day (when he does not score much), then he can contribute in other aspects.” Ancelotti predicted. A month ago, Carletto predicted that the Englishman could score 15 goals this season. This Saturday, with 10 already in the bag, they asked him to recalculate, but the Italians argued over the issue.On the other side of the coast, Osasuna coach Jagoba Arrasate was disappointed with his team’s “very poor” second half, saying JB There is a feeling of “marking an era”. “I don’t know where his ceiling is,” he gave up.

Bellingham’s 1-0 victory came from a control and assist from Luka Modric, who reappeared in Castellana after two weeks in darkness. After being substituted at half-time in the Mets’ slump (already surprising for ownership that night), he didn’t play at all against Las Palmas and Girona, and he only played the final half-hour at Napoli. Carlo Ancelotti returned to form against Osasuna, and the Croatian’s anger has been openly accepted by the Italian coach and translated into his active performance on the field, gesticulating, constantly ordering his teammates, and highly involved, And be on the court at your own pace. The transfer of the 38-year-old fully demonstrates his declining status year by year. In the 79th minute, after completing the chop, he applauded when he left, and Carletto also applauded and hugged him. Jude Bellingham had left seven minutes earlier.

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