Bellingham and Kane, England's heroes in avoiding a catastrophe against Slovakia (2-1)

If there is something that characterised to England during the phase of groups of the Eurocopa, is that it was a team, although plagado of stars, without 'soul'. And it Is impossible to deny that Gareth Southgate follows without giving with the key to joint all the pieces of the puzzle and each party is one 'copy' identical of the previous. In front of Slovakia, a clearly inferior team by names, have suffered (as always)... But it appeared Jude Bellingham to give back the hope. In the last minute, like an authentic hero, to force the extention in the last instant. The rest is history.

And it is that England has known resurgir of his ashes at least seemed likely. It is not little thing, because a magic acrobatics of Jude Bellingham when the marker was 0-1, to fault of less than 120 seconds for the end, gave a hope that Kane aprovehó in the beginning of the extra time. The English get in the quarter finals to confront to Switzerland, the 'surprise' of the Eurocopa, with the imperial need to improve his game and offer the solvency that, up to now, had not reflected in the field.

Absolute suffering in Gelsenkirchen

The party understands by parts.... Or like one from the minute one until the 90+4 and another from the goal of Bellingham. In the beginning, the 'three lions' had offered more than in previous parties, but without clarity in the zone of creation and finished them costing very expensive. The Slovaks were attentive to take advantage of his fast transitions and undo the defence of the English. In the equator of the first-half, moved the balloon sideways to side. Kucka Commanded a long pass so that Strelec filtered the spherical in the area that took advantage of Schranz to beat, without contemplation, to Pickford in the one against one.

It was a vase of cold water for an England that did not find the form to generate superiorities to plant in rival area and only found 'solutions' with confined of Jude Bellingham in the area or swift and imprecise interventions of Phil Foden. They finished the first part with total siege in the area, but without a finish to goal and with feelings found. The drama of each party, but in front of a distinct rival.

The labyrinth of England

In the resumption seemed that it woke up an England that annotated the tie, in the 49', by means of a shot of Foden, but split inexplicably advanced to the moment of his finish. The VAR cancelled his goal and Slovakia reacted with a finish of Strelec, taking advantage of an error tremendo of the English, from the centre of the field. Pickford Did not reach to arrive and was very near to go in to the goal, but left near of the stick.

By feelings, England deserved more, but did not find in the lawn. Harry Kane seemed entirely desconectado and very far of the area and from the centre of the field no propiciaron solutions. Had the 'fortune' that his rival was increasingly sunk and defended very near of Dubravka. The clearest had it Declan Crimp with a shot from the frontal that crashed in the wood and, in the refuse, could not finish Kane with direction to goal. They remained without time... Until the apparition of Bellingham.

Bellingham, hero of England

The player of the Real Madrid showed, in Gelsenkirchen, that already knows very very what is to litigate to the end and believe until the pitazo final. It understood it very well in his first season in the White House and transmitted it to his selection when it seemed that they already went to return home. The referee added six minutes and, the 90+5', commanded the balloon to save with an unexpected Chilean that forced the extention and propició that, from the terracings, entonaran the "Hey, Jude!" Of always.

For the English was the moment. It was to take advantage of the moment and the 'subidón' anímico that supposed the goal of Bellingham. And Kane was the one who better understood it. In the first minute of the extention, finished in the area to put the advantage for his after a played that had of everything: Palmer commanded a centre that cleared Dubravka, finished Eze as it could so that Toney combed the spherical and appeared the '9'.