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Jude Bellingham celebrates Madrid’s second goal.ISABEL INFANTES (Portal)
Madrid unofficially ended last season with the song “Hey Jude” by the Beatles in the rivals’ stands. It was sung by Manchester City fans during their 4-0 victory in the second leg of the Champions League semi-final. Five months later, the anthem of John Lennon and Paul McCartney has become trendy at the Bernabéu thanks to the boy of the moment: Jude Bellingham (JB), the man that no opponent has yet been able to decipher. As soon as he scored the first two goals against Osasuna, the new Chamartín started the chorus again.
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Arrizabalaga, Dani Carvajal (Lucas Vázquez, Min. 78), Rüdiger, Ferland Mendy, Aurelien Tchouameni, Jude Bellingham (Dani Ceballos, Min. 72), Modric (Brahim Diaz, Min. 78), Camavinga (Kroos, Min. 66) , Federico Valverde, Vinicius Junior (Rodrygo, Min. 72) and Joselu
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Herrera, David García, Juan Cruz, Catena, Jesús Areso, Lucas Torró, Aimar Oroz (Raul García de Haro, Min. 79), Jon Moncayola (Pablo Ibáñez, Min. 79), Rubén Peña (Kike Barja, Min. 79) , Rubén García (Arnáiz, Min. 70) and Ante Budimir (Chimy Ávila, Min. 70)
Goals 1-0 Min 8: Jude Bellingham. 2:0 minutes. 54: Jew Bellingham. 3:0 minutes. 64: Vinicius Junior. 4:0 minutes. 69: Joselu.
referee Guillermo Cuadra Fernandez
Yellow cards Rüdiger (min. 39), Aurelien Tchouameni (min. 59) and Pablo Ibáñez (min. 83)
The 20-year-old Englishman’s stunning rise is already forcing comparisons that were unthinkable until recently. Also that black night at the Etihad when his signing was already taken for granted. Against the red team, Bellingham and Madrid equalized Cristiano Ronaldo’s goal. Not less. In the first 10 official games played by the two in white, the English and Portuguese scored 10 goals each. However, if you add up the total goal participation (goals plus assists), the Brit still wins because he collects three assists to one for the Portuguese in this section.
“The usual,” began Carlo Ancelotti this Saturday, who had no choice but to answer another barrage of questions about the playmaker who scores goals like no one else in this Madrid. “It’s not that easy to take control of this type of player. He doesn’t have a fixed position and that gives him an advantage. He arrives and combines well with his teammates. It’s a surprising start for everyone. Nobody expected so many goals,” admitted the Italian coach.
Your records speak of quantity, but especially of specific gravity. There is no padding in his statistics. Practically everything he adds up in his individual locker goes towards the overall victory for the Whites. He scored the first two goals in the confident win against the Navarrese team. When it came time to rest and relax, he even had the opportunity to award penalties and had already done his thing. Crucial on poster days like Naples and four days later on interwar afternoons like this Saturday.
In eight league games he has already scored as many goals (eight) as in his 31 Bundesliga games last year. And that he has already scored an improvement over the opponent’s goal in Germany last year: from six goals in the 2021/22 season there are now 14. “He is aware that he is not a center forward who scores goals, but a Playmaker.” or interior. The time will come [en que no meta tanto] and he can get involved with other things,” predicted Ancelotti. A month ago, Carletto predicted that the Englishman could score 15 goals this season. This Saturday, when they already had 10 points in the bag, they asked him for a new calculation, but the Italian haggled over it. On the other hand, Osasuna coach Jagoba Arrasate, disappointed with his team’s “very poor” second half, declared that it looked like JB could “mark an era”. “I don’t know where his blanket is,” he gave up.
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Bellingham’s 1-0 came from the control and assist of Luka Modric, who reappeared in the Castellana after two weeks in the dark. After being substituted at half-time in the Metropolitano’s Salto (the possession ratio that evening was already surprising), he was not used at all against Las Palmas and Girona, and in Naples he only played the last half hour. Carlo Ancelotti bounced back against Osasuna and the Croatian’s anger, which the Italian coach had already publicly accepted, resulted in a bravura performance in which he gesticulated, constantly gave orders to his teammates, joined in and moved at his own pace on the field. At 38 years old, his efforts exuded a kind of vindication against the summer-by-summer downgrading of his status. In the 79th minute, after he finished the chopping block, he left to applause and a clap and a hug from Carletto. Seven minutes earlier, Jude Bellingham had already left.
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