Gareth Southgate was left in awe of Jude Bellingham after the Real Madrid star powered England to a win over Serbia in their Euro 2024 opener.

Bellingham Leaves Southgate In Awe After Display Vs Serbia
Jude Bellingham England

The talented English midfielder continued his stellar run of form from his maiden season in Spain as he scored the only goal of the game in the 13th minute to guide England to a narrow win over Serbia on Sunday.

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Three Lions boss Southgate watched in awe as the 20-year-old came up with yet another brilliant performance.

He also heaped praise on all of his attackers despite the team scoring just one goal in the match.

Speaking to BBC Sport, Southgate said: “He writes his own script.

“The timing of his runs.

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“It was a super bit of play in the build-up of his play.

“I think all of our forward players looked really good.

“I am confident we will score goals.

“Playing against a back five it is not easy to create chances and we did.

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“I liked the fact we had to suffer without the ball because that is an area we have worked on a lot this week.

“We were obviously much better than last week at doing that”.

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However, Harry Kane and Co will be next seen in action on Thursday as they take on Denmark in their second game of the tournament at Waldstadion in Frankfurt.

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