"Everyone was caning maine yesterday saying he's amended than maine truthful I had to bash thing today."
A time aft Jobe Bellingham scored his archetypal extremity for Bundesliga broadside Borussia Dortmund astatine the Club World Cup, older member Jude inspired Real Madrid with a onslaught of his own.
With Real down to 10 men against Mexican broadside Pachuca, Bellingham - that's Jude - broke the deadlock by controlling a pass, darting into the container and drilling a changeable into the acold corner.
The extremity settled a nervy Real who yet won 3-1 to manus caller manager Xabi Alonso his archetypal triumph successful charge.
It marks the archetypal clip the Bellingham brothers person scored successful the aforesaid competition. It's besides the archetypal clip 2 siblings person scored astatine the aforesaid Club World Cup.
In fact, siblings person ne'er antecedently played successful the aforesaid Club World Cup.
The pair, who person a combined worth of £164m according to TransferMarkt.com - the astir of immoderate brace of brothers presently playing - could conscionable each different arsenic aboriginal arsenic the quarter-final signifier of this summer's competition.
That'll hap if some Real Madrid and Dortmund triumph their groups and get done their last-16 ties.
But, whether the duo extremity up facing each different oregon not, Jude Bellingham is already keeping his ain idiosyncratic score.
"We're 1-1 present and we'll spot for the remainder of the tournament," the England midfielder joked to DAZN.
Jude Bellingham presents a tactical conundrum for caller manager Xabi Alonso.
In his archetypal play astatine Real Madrid helium was fantastic, scoring 23 goals successful 42 games portion playing successful an precocious midfield relation to assistance Real Madrid to the 2023-24 La Liga and Champions League titles.
Last word helium was pushed deeper and wider to accommodate Kylian Mbappe and lone managed 14 strikes successful 53 games arsenic Real failed to triumph a large trophy.
At Alonso's unveiling arsenic Real manager helium said helium saw Bellingham much arsenic a cardinal midfielder and that's wherever helium started against Pachuca connected Sunday - successful the cardinal near presumption of a 4-3-3.
But, erstwhile Raul Asencio was sent disconnected aft 7 minutes, Madrid switched to a 4-4-1 with Bellingham playing adjacent much centrally and driving from deep.
Two minutes aft the tactics were tweaked during a first-half drinks interruption Bellingham made a precocious tally into the box, picked up the shot from Fran Garcia and smashed a changeable into the bottommost corner.
It was 10-man Madrid's archetypal meaningful onslaught and changed the full momentum of the match.
"When Bellingham comes from heavy and arrives, helium is phenomenal. That is an astonishing extremity and that is wherever helium plays best," erstwhile Italy striker Christian Vieri told DAZN.
"Alonso is the coach, helium has to find a mode to marque them play. Bellingham scored truthful galore goals earlier Mbappe arrived.
"It's not our problem, it is Alonso's occupation and helium is going to beryllium having sleepless nights."
Ex-Chelsea midfielder Jon-Obi Mikel added: "That is wherever Bellingham is best, erstwhile helium arrives precocious from midfield.
"No 1 tin halt Jude successful that relation due to the fact that helium has the powerfulness and energy, helium tin beryllium precise peculiar erstwhile doing that."
One of Alonso's biggest problems this play - and 1 which erstwhile brag Carlo Ancelotti struggled to lick - volition beryllium keeping each his stars happy.
Mikel added: "You person to play the players successful their champion positions due to the fact that large players privation to play successful their champion positions and that is the occupation Xabi Alonso is going to have.
"We cognize Mbappe wants to play retired connected the near but they person 1 of the champion players determination successful Vinicius Jr truthful wherever bash you play him? He doesn't similar playing done the middle.
"It is simply a monolithic occupation for Xabi Alonso. If helium tin find a mode to lick the occupation past helium whitethorn person a team. They request to play arsenic a squad not arsenic individuals."
Real Madrid struggled defensively past play – arsenic evidenced by their £50m acquisition of Bournemouth centre-back Dean Huijsen and recruitment of right-back Trent Alexander-Arnold from Liverpool.
But the aboriginal signs are the issues are inactive there.
After a 1-1 gully against Al-Hilal successful their tourney opener, Real were fortunate not to spell down against their Mexican opponents.
Pachuca had 25 shots, the astir Real Madrid person faced successful a 90-minute crippled since 2014. That is 38 shots faced successful Alonso's archetypal 2 games successful charge.
They struggled astatine times to woody with 35-year-old erstwhile Everton striker Salomon Rondon – and fto him contention done connected extremity aft a nonaccomplishment of the offside trap earlier Asencio needlessly hauled him down for the aboriginal reddish card.
Aurelien Tchouameni, who is simply a midfielder by trade, ended up moving to centre-back with Asencio gone, with goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois making 10 saves implicit the 90 minutes.
Asencio's Club World Cup is turning into thing of a nightmare, having made the mistake that resulted successful Al-Hilal's equaliser a fewer days previous.
"Raul Asencio needs to larn from experiences, helium is inactive young and we volition talk," said Alonso.
"We are truthful blessed we person Thibaut successful goal. He is truthful reliable erstwhile we had to beryllium 1 subordinate little defensively, but we defended with a batch of sacrifice and waited for our chances."
Alexander-Arnold had a dependable crippled again, having a manus successful Real's 2nd goal, but was caught retired of presumption astatine times – including a clip erstwhile Pachuca broke from his corner-kick.
His 3 crosses were the astir of immoderate Real player, portion helium won 2 of his 4 duels.
Former Juventus and Lazio striker Vieri was afloat of praise for the England full-back.
"Trent is 1 of the champion successful the world, successful 2 months everyone volition beryllium saying Real person the champion player," helium said.
"At Real Madrid they don't attraction astir defending, they privation to spot you attack."
While ex-Chelsea midfielder Mikel added: "What Trent gives you is perfectly brilliant. The lone question is his defending. I americium definite Alonso volition assistance him with that. Going forward, what helium gives is fantastic."
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