Jude Bellinghamauthor of England’s third goal in the 4-2 victory against Croatiastated that it was “nice to put aside the noise” and that it is an honor for him to represent his country.
It was nice to cut through some of the noise and just show my country and my teammates how committed I am.
“Personally, it was nice to cut through some of the noise and just show my country and my teammates how committed I am to helping us try to win games,” Bellingham said after the victory against Croatia in the game played at Dallas Stadium.
Bellingham: “It was nice to cut through the noise and show how committed I am”
“Contributing, helping my team and helping my country is one of the greatest honors and, no matter what noise there is outside, that honor does not change for me at all,” he told the BBC the midfielder, who admitted that he has “a little resentment” Because of what has been said about him, he is the center of the debate about whether he should be a starter, but he stated that it serves to motivate him.
Today I think it was nice to try to show people and remind them who I am.
“I know it’s part of being a footballer, I don’t hold a grudge against anyone who says bad things about me because sometimes I do deserve it. Today I think it was nice to try to show people and remind them who I am,” he added.
Dalic: “It was a strange game, we made a lot of mistakes”
Zlatko Daliccoach of the Croatian national team, described the defeat against England (4-2) as a “strange match”, in which they made “too many mistakes from set pieces”.
“It has been strange and difficult. We expected it to be like this and, in the first half, we played quite well. We knew that the set pieces were going to be a great danger, we had worked on it, but there were two goals from set pieces,” he said in the press conference after the match.
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Dalic considered Jude Bellingham’s goal early in the second half to be decisive. “We managed to come back twice, but the goal shortly after the start was decisive. Then, it was difficult for us to get back into the game.”
“We said that the first game was against the most difficult opponent. We have two important games left, we have to come back from this defeat, we can no longer play bad games,” he added.
