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Post by bluetornados on Mar 4, 2024 0:31:43 GMT
Saturday 2nd March 2024 - Spanish La Liga
Valencia 2 Real Madrid 2 (Bellingham sent off 90+10)
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Bellingham (far right) fumed as he was sent off by referee Jesus Gil against ValenciaJude Bellingham was sent off for complaining after the final whistle denied him a winning goal for Real Madrid in a dramatic game at Valencia. Vinicius Jr scored twice at the Mestalla, where he was the victim of racist abuse last season, as Real came from 2-0 behind to salvage a point and move seven points clear at the top of La Liga. Bellingham thought he had won the game six minutes into stoppage time when he headed in from close range, but referee Gil Manzano had blown the whistle to end the game before the cross had been delivered. ichef.bbci.co.uk/onesport/cps/800/cpsprodpb/113EF/production/_132793607_gettyimages-2053907700.jpgReal players and staff surrounded Manzano, and Bellingham, back in the side after three weeks out with an injury, was shown a red card for his part in the protests. "Something unprecedented has happened and it's never happened to me before," said Real boss Carlo Ancelotti. "After the rebound we had possession. It's never happened to me before and there's nothing more to add. We were annoyed by Bellingham's red card because he didn't say anything insulting. It was frustration. "Had the referee blown the whistle when the Valencia keeper cleared the ball, it would have been right, but he allowed play to continue and we had possession. I think he has made a mistake." Valencia midfielder Mouctar Diakhaby sustained what appeared to be a serious leg injury late on in a collision with Aurelien Tchouameni. Diakhaby was taken off on a stretcher as players held their hands over their faces.
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Post by bluetornados on Mar 4, 2024 12:13:24 GMT
ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/800/cpsprodpb/vivo/live/images/2024/3/4/7c3f6ac4-d907-4701-9bcd-46ea8cddaf44.jpgChris: Bellingham’s positioning for Real Madrid has thrown a bit of a spanner in the works because if Southgate starts him as our No.10 then that means Philips or Henderson will partner Rice. Or should you drop Bellingham into the No.8 box to box role and unleash Foden as our No.10? Simon Stone, BBC Sport: I remember the days of trying to squeeze Steven Gerrard, Frank Lampard and Paul Scholes into the same England team, so I am quite clear about this. Bellingham should be the number 10. He is one of the best players in the world and should not be compromised. Foden has played wide many times for Manchester City and can do so for England. On current form, Bukayo Saka should be on the other side. I don’t think we have the defenders to operate with one screening midfield player so I would look at Phillips, if he gets his form back, or take a punt on Kobbie Mainoo, who has energy. Rice may need to guide him but he is a leader in every sense apart from wearing the armband.
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Post by bluetornados on Mar 6, 2024 17:37:34 GMT
Jude Bellingham ban: Real Madrid midfielder suspended for two games..
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Jude Bellingham (4th from left) joined Real last summer from Borussia Dortmund for £89mReal Madrid midfielder Jude Bellingham has been banned for two La Liga games for his red card after the 2-2 draw at Valencia. Bellingham, 20, thought he had scored the winner six minutes into stoppage time at the Mestalla on Saturday. But referee Gil Manzano had blown the full-time whistle as the cross was delivered. England's Bellingham will be able to play in Real's Champions League last-16 tie against RB Leipzig on Wednesday. The Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) said Bellingham showed "contempt or disregard" towards Manzano when Real players and staff surrounded him. Bellingham, who was making his return after three weeks out with an ankle injury, was fined 600 euros (£513) and Real 700 euros (£598). Real appealed against Bellingham's red card but the RFEF disciplinary committee dismissed their argument that the referee had made an "error". Manager Carlo Ancelotti said after the incident: "We were annoyed by Bellingham's red card because he didn't say anything insulting. It was frustration." Real's leading scorer this season with 16 league goals, Bellingham will miss the games against Celta Vigo on Sunday and Osasuna on 16 March. He will be available to return at Athletic Bilbao on 31 March following the international break. England play friendlies against Brazil on 23rd March and Belgium on 26th March. Real are seven points clear at the top of La Liga and hold a 1-0 advantage over Leipzig going into the second leg at the Bernabeu.
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Post by bluetornados on Apr 9, 2024 7:50:11 GMT
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Post by bluetornados on Apr 16, 2024 19:59:26 GMT
Jude Bellingham: Real Madrid midfielder calls for more to be done to tackle racism..i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/04/16/18/83722365-0-image-a-67_1713288625043.jpgReal Madrid and England midfielder Jude Bellingham says football's authorities "need to do more" to tackle racism but he "doubts it will happen". Bellingham's Real team-mate Vinicius Jr broke down in tears last month when discussing the impact of racist abuse. In March, Real filed a complaint with the Spanish legal authorities after alleged racist chanting by rival fans. "It is disgusting. It shouldn't happen," Bellingham said. "The people in power need to do more." Fellow La Liga side Mallorca are investigating after a fan appeared to make a racist gestured towards Real midfielder Aurelien Tchouameni during the sides' league meeting on Saturday. "In the games where you go away in La Liga especially you get so used to it that I wasn't aware of the incident, which is a massive problem in itself," said Bellingham, speaking at a news conference before Wednesday's Champions League quarter-final second leg against Manchester City. "It is horrible way for a player to prepare for a game, knowing they are probably going to get racially abused." Brazil international Vinicius said last month he feels "less and less" like playing because of the repeated racist abuse he has suffered. Last season, there were 10 such incidents against the 23-year-old reported to prosecutors by La Liga. "The game would miss players like Vini if he decided to take a break because of this," Bellingham said. "More needs to be done to support these players. "The people in charge need to take control. I doubt it will happen. "It is going to be something I imagine we have to deal with going into games." i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/04/16/18/83722431-0-image-a-73_1713288764061.jpg
Aurelien Tchouameni was the latest Real Madrid player to face abuse from supporters in the country
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Bellingham leapt to the defence of his team-mate, as well as Vinicius Jnr (L), who has also suffered racist abuse
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Post by bluetornados on Apr 17, 2024 9:10:20 GMT
Phil Foden v Jude Bellingham: The battle for England's number 10..
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Phil Foden and Jude Bellingham both started in the number 10 position for their clubs in the Champions League last weekManchester City and Real Madrid are evenly poised as they head into their Champions League quarter-final second leg at Etihad Stadium - and it will be another audition for two of England's greatest talents. Phil Foden has lit up the Premier League this season with his performances for City, while Jude Bellingham's form for Real Madrid has caught the eye across Europe. Both players will be key to England's hopes at Euro 2024 but Gareth Southgate has a welcome dilemma - who will play in the number 10 role? They both started in that position for their opposing clubs in a frantic first leg which finished 3-3 in Madrid last week. Foden was a standout performer, picking up the man of the match award after scoring in the second half, taking his opportunity in a position he has enjoyed on nine occasions for City this season. Bellingham has notched up 24 games in the position for Real this campaign and he is likely to play another key role in Wednesday's return leg - so how do the two players compare statistically? Football stats website WhoScored has rated them almost identically in the number 10 position this season with Foden scoring 7.84 and Bellingham 7.83 according to their metrics. Foden has seven goals and three assists in his 10 appearances, only contributing to more goals (12) from the right-hand side, where he has played on 18 occasions across all competitions for club and country. Bellingham has contributed to an extraordinary 24 goals (16 goals, eight assists) as an attacking midfielder, but he has played two-and-a-half times the number of games in that position than Foden this season. The Real Madrid star does seem to generally perform better in the middle - he also has two goals and one assist from 12 games in a deeper central midfield role. For England, Bellingham has had first dibs as the number 10 this season. He has started four matches as an attacking midfielder, one game on the left behind a front three and was rested in October's friendly win over Australia. With Bellingham injured in November, Foden started against North Macedonia in the number 10 shirt - the only time he has done so under Southgate this season - while he was used on the right against Malta, where has he played most for England in 2023-24.
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Post by bluetornados on Apr 22, 2024 0:18:17 GMT
Sunday 21st April 2024 - Spanish La Liga
Real Madrid 3 (Bellingham 90+1) Barcelona 2ichef.bbci.co.uk/onesport/cps/800/cpsprodpb/17048/production/_133208249_4f785acb8e5566cc6e0f944bc719b88644580cbc.jpg Jude Bellingham scored a late winner as Real Madrid beat Barcelona to move 11 points clear at the top of La Liga after an enthralling El Clasico. Bellingham smashed into the roof of the net as the clock ticked into stoppage time as Real twice came from behind at the Bernabeu. Andres Christensen scored the opener for Barcelona but a Vinicius Jr penalty had the game level at half-time. Fermin Lopez made it 2-1 to Barca before Lucas Vazquez equalised again. The victory puts Real firmly on track to reclaim the title with just six games left to play this season. It looked set to be a positive night for Barcelona when Christensen rose above Toni Kroos to meet Raphinha's corner after just six minutes. But those celebrations were short lived as referee Cesar Soto Grado pointed to the penalty spot when Pau Cubarsi fouled Vazquez in the area, handing Vinicius the opportunity to score his 13th La Liga goal of the campaign. Lamine Yamal thought he had restored Barcelona's lead when he flicked a corner towards goal and goalkeeper Andriy Lunin, who was behind the line, clawed it away. Barcelona were adamant the ball had cross the line but, as La Liga does not have goalline technology, the video assistant referee decided it that was not the case. A tense second half came to life in the 69th minute with Lopez turning in from close range after Lunin parried a cross into his path. However, Carlo Ancelotti's Real drew level for a second time just four minutes later with Vazquez emerging unmarked at the far post to meet Vinicius' cross. The win extends Real's unbeaten record across all competitions to 28 matches - winning 22 and drawing six - with their last loss at home coming against Villarreal on 8 April 2023. Bellingham rises to occasion once againBellingham is becoming accustomed to delivering on the big stage for Real and few are bigger than a Clasico. The England midfielder got a first taste of the historic fixture in October when he scored twice to lead his side to a 2-1 win at Estadio Olímpico Lluis Companys, and he has continued to step up in the key moments throughout his debut campaign in Spain. His last-gasp winner at the Bernabeu means he is the first Real player to score in their first two La Liga El Clasico's since Ruud van Nistelrooy in 2007. The 103m euros (£88.5m) that Real handed over to Borussia Dortmund to sign Bellingham in the summer is looking like more of a bargain with each week that passes and he certainly does not look out of place with Zinedine Zidane's iconic number five on his back. With 17 goals in La Liga this term, Bellingham is the second highest scorer in the division - just one behind Girona's Artem Dovbyk - and he continues to dazzle as Real look to end the season with a La Liga and Champions League double. 'It's a disgrace' - XaviBarcelona coach Xavi was furious after VAR officials could not prove that Yamal's effort had crossed the line. "It's a disgrace," said Xavi, complaining that the goalline technology used in other top flights including the Premier League is not available in La Liga. "If we want to be the best league in the world we have to advance in this sense, you have to put in the technology." Barcelona goalkeeper Marc-Andre ter Stegen agreed with his coach. "It's shameful for football, I don't have the words," said the Germany international. "There's so much money in this world and there's no money for what's most important."
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Post by bluetornados on Apr 22, 2024 21:31:47 GMT
Jude Bellingham wins Laureus breakthrough award..
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Bellingham began his career at Birmingham City before moving to Borussia Dortmund and then Real MadridEngland and Real Madrid midfielder Jude Bellingham has won the 2024 Laureus World Sports Breakthrough of the Year award. The 20-year-old has become a key player for Real following his £89m move from Borussia Dortmund last summer. He scored the winner against Barcelona in El Clasico on Sunday as he took his tally to 17 goals in La Liga this season. Bellingham also helped Real Madrid beat Manchester City on penalties in their Champions League quarter-final last week. The Laureus World Sportsman of the Year award went to tennis player Novak Djokovic for the fifth time, while Spain and Barcelona midfielder Aitana Bonmati won the women's equivalent. Bonmati, the current Ballon d'Or holder, helped her club win Liga F, the Spanish Cup and the Women's Champions League in 2022-23. She was then part of the Spain side which won the 2023 Women's World Cup, with their exploits earning them the team of the year award at the Laureus ceremony in Madrid. "To be the first footballer to win this [women's] award makes it even more special," said Bonmati. “As the first women’s team to win the Laureus, we are proud of our status as pioneers and as a group we are as committed to equality and representation as we are to what we do on the football pitch." Full Laureus awards list
Sportsman of the Year: Novak Djokovic Sportswoman of the Year: Aitana Bonmati Team of the Year: Spain women’s football team Breakthrough of the Year: Jude Bellingham Comeback of the Year: Simone Biles (gymnastics) Sportsperson of the Year with a disability: Diede de Groot (tennis) Action sportsperson of the Year: Arisa Trew (skateboarding) Sport for Good award: Fundacion Rafa Nadal
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Post by bluetornados on Apr 30, 2024 1:11:43 GMT
Tuesday 30th April 2024 - Champions League - Semi-Finals - 1st Leg
Bayern Munich V Real Madrid - 8pm KO - Venue: Allianz Arena
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Report By Marissa Thomas & Charlotte Coates, BBC Sport.England may have no Premier League clubs left in the Champions League but two of the country's biggest stars will go head to head for a place in the competition's final. Three Lions captain Harry Kane has been prolific for Bayern Munich despite the German giants failing to win the Bundesliga for the first time in 12 years. Jude Bellingham, meanwhile, has lit up the Bernabeu during his debut season at Real Madrid. England boss Gareth Southgate will no doubt be among the keenest of observers when the pair meet in the first leg in Munich on Tuesday. Both men are set to be key to the Three Lions' Euro 2024 campaign, but who will prevail at club level? Bellingham had every top club fighting for his signature last summer after it became clear one of football's leading young talents would be on the move. The former Birmingham City player had starred at Borussia Dortmund and the likes of Liverpool, Manchester City, Manchester United and Chelsea all reportedly went out of their way to convince Bellingham to join them. But the pull of Real Madrid proved too much for the Stourbridge-born midfielder and he moved to Spain in an £89m transfer. Having a price tag like that hanging over a player is one thing but how would Bellingham fare with the added pressure of being one of Real's Galacticos? Quite brilliantly is the answer. In all competitions, the England international has scored 21 goals and registered 10 assists in 36 games. He has also scored injury-time winners against Barcelona home and away in La Liga to further cement his place as one of Real's star men. Cristiano Ronaldo's first season at the Bernabeu was more impressive in terms of goals, but the five-time Ballon d'Or winner ended his first campaign without a trophy. Bellingham, on the other hand, is on course for a La Liga title and three games away from winning the Champions League too. With four goals and four assists in eight continental games so far this term, Bellingham is on a mission to bring the European Cup trophy back to the Spanish capital for the 15th time. But in order to achieve that, he must first lead his side past Bayern and England team-mate Harry Kane.
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Post by bluetornados on May 4, 2024 21:28:46 GMT
Real Madrid win La Liga title as Jude Bellingham and co profit from Barcelona slip-up..By Nathan Ridley, Senior Sports Reporter.i2-prod.mirror.co.uk/incoming/article32737048.ece/ALTERNATES/s1200d/0_GettyImages-2150879468.jpgJude Bellingham has won the La Liga title in his first season with Real Madrid, who profited from Girona's stunning victory over Barcelona. England midfielder Bellingham was among the goal-scorers as Real hammered Cadiz 3-0 at home on Saturday afternoon before reigning champions Barca suffered a 4-2 defeat in the evening. It marks Bellingham's first ever league title win and the second trophy of his Madrid career, having lifted the Spanish Super Cup in January.
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Post by bluetornados on May 9, 2024 1:14:07 GMT
Wednesday 8th May 2024 - Champions League - 2nd Leg - Result
Real Madrid 2 (Joselu 88, 90+1) Bayern Munich 1 (Alphonso Davies 68) - (agg: 4-3)
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Real Madrid midfielder Jude Bellingham, speaking to TNT Sports: "There have been a lot of times we have looked dead and buried, but we have that mentality of never say die. "Joselu deserves it all, he has been an amazing squad member this season. "There is a reason we turn around so many games, it's because of these lot [the fans]. They give you an energy you can't get from anything else." Real Madrid midfielder Jude Bellingham, speaking to TNT Sports about the attitude at the club: "They talk about how they won the 14th, how they want the 15th. You can never be settled. "The players feel like family, the fans feel like family. " On facing his former club Borussia Dortmund in the final: "At Wembley, against Dortmund, it's a weird one, I can't believe it. "When I was seven years old in Birmingham, I was dreaming of nights like this." i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2023/11/05/09/77410467-12711301-Bellingham_has_got_stuck_into_life_in_Spain_quickly_learning_the-a-64_1699176764418.jpg
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Post by bluetornados on May 29, 2024 16:41:28 GMT
Jude Bellingham voted La Liga Player of the Year
Borussia Dortmund v Real Madrid - Sat - 8pmichef.bbci.co.uk/news/800/cpsprodpb/vivo/live/images/2024/5/29/df593c7b-ad74-4c48-ad95-c3a19b011a04.pngReal Madrid and England midfielder Jude Bellingham has been voted La Liga's Player of the Season in his first year in Spain. Bellingham, 20, scored 19 times in the league to help Real win the title and has scored four goals during their run to Saturday's Champions League final. The Stourbridge-born player edged out team-mate Vinicius Jr, Antoine Griezmann (Atletico Madrid), Artem Dovbyk (Girona) and Robert Lewandowski (Barcelona) in votes cast by fans, club captains and a panel of experts. He also won the 2022-23 Bundesliga Player of the Season playing for Dortmund before moving to Real for 103m euros (£88.5m), in addition to various potential add-ons. Bellingham has 29 England caps and three goals for his country, and is expected to play a key role for Gareth Southgate's team at Euro 2024 in Germany, which starts on 14th June. ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/800/cpsprodpb/vivo/live/images/2024/5/29/e1e94e65-95ae-4c0e-bdbb-30058646a8de.jpg
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Post by bluetornados on May 29, 2024 16:43:39 GMT
Jude Bellingham's season in numbers..ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/800/cpsprodpb/vivo/live/images/2024/5/29/88160428-4b4a-4a0e-ad9b-1cbfcb626a08.jpgEngland's Jude Bellingham hit the ground running after signing for Real Madrid last summer. With 14 goals he broke the record held by Cristiano Ronaldo, Alfredo di Stefano and Pruden for the most goals by any Madrid player in their first 15 games. The 20-year-old finished the season with 23 goals in all competitions and 12 assists. Madrid went on to win La Liga and face Borussia Dortmund at Wembley on Saturday aiming to extend their record for Champions League/European Cup wins to 15.
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Post by bluetornados on May 29, 2024 16:44:53 GMT
Bellingham set for second Euros..ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/800/cpsprodpb/vivo/live/images/2024/5/29/eac4e263-d023-4d82-aee9-348c9655c495.jpgAmazingly - if selected in Gareth Southgate's final 26-player squad - Jude Bellingham, 20, will play in his second European Championship. Aged 17, Bellingham featured in England's run to the final of Euro 2020. The midfielder was an unused substitute as the Three Lions were beaten in the final by Italy on penalties. Even with the youngster turning 21 during this summer's tournament in Germany, he is performing well above his years.
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