The 2022 World Cup quarter-final made it clear: England needed something different.
Despite what his detractors may have you believe, Gareth Southgate has turned the Three Lions into one of the best teams in the world. A semi-final at the 2018 World Cup, a quarter-final in Qatar, the country's first European Championship final inbetween, where only a penalty shoot-out stopped them lifting the trophy. Still it felt like there was something missing. In those biggest of big games, England just lacked that extra ingredient to break down Croatia, France and Italy.
First ones, anyway. It was Bellingham's tackle, run and pass that released Rashford – possibly England's last wunderkind – to score the second. It was by no means Bellingham's first good game for England, nor his first big game. This one felt significant, though, albeit not as significant as if he plays like that in a knockout game in Germany, by which time Madrid may well have got him some experience of playing at the sharp end of the Champions League.
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