Jobe Bellingham: First Dortmund goal 'surreal'

Jobe Bellingham said his archetypal extremity for Borussia Dortmund was a surreal acquisition arsenic the caller signing from Sunderland made an contiguous interaction astatine the Club World Cup connected Saturday.

Bellingham scored the 3rd extremity successful Dortmund's 4-3 win implicit South Africa's Mamelodi Sundowns astatine TQL Stadium and was named man-of-the-match astatine the extremity of the Group F encounter.

"It's a small spot surreal truly erstwhile the shot hits successful the net, it's conscionable crazy," the 19-year-old said.

"Everything happened truthful dilatory but yea I'm truly pleased."

It was a 2nd tally out, but archetypal start, for Bellingham since his determination from Sunderland to the Bundesliga giants, wherever helium volition look to travel successful his elder member Jude's footsteps.

Jobe's extremity was smartly taken though the Sundowns goalkeeper palmed the shot consecutive astatine him. But Bellingham avoided an attempted artifact by a defender, and sent the keeper the incorrect way, by cleverly holding his changeable for a divided second.

Bellingham said it had been a hard duty successful the midday prima successful Ohio, wherever the somesthesia was 90 degrees Fahrenheit.

"I deliberation the conditions marque it truthful difficult, particularly for america being a European team. They [Sundowns] played a fantastic crippled but I'm definite they're utilized to this benignant of weather, but we decidedly aren't.

"But it's thing we are going to person to accommodate to arsenic the tourney goes on."

Bellingham said helium was blessed to beryllium playing truthful soon aft signing a five-year woody for what reports said was a €33 cardinal ($37.70 million) deal.

"The lads person truly helped maine settee successful and it's been a antithetic acquisition due to the fact that alternatively than signing and past having a summertime off, I've got an accidental to conscionable everyone and get to grips with however we play and however the manager wants america to play arsenic a team."

Coach Niko Kovac said helium was delighted with the signifier of Bellingham.

"He is among those who are the aboriginal of this club," the Dortmund brag said.