MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) 鈥� Jude Bellingham locked arms with teammate Harry Kane as England fans belted out the Beatles’ 鈥淗ey Jude.鈥�
Bellingham certainly earned .
He scored twice on Saturday 鈥� an equalizer in the first half and the go-ahead goal in the third minute of extra time 鈥� to lift England past Norway 2-1 and into the semifinals for the first time since 2018.
The Real Madrid star has now matched Kane with six goals in this tournament, two behind France鈥檚 Kylian Mbapp茅 and Argentina鈥檚 Lionel Messi and one shy of Norway’s , who was held scoreless by England. Bellingham also scored twice in the round of 16 as .
England, winner of the 1966 World Cup and facing pressure to return to the title match, is now one win away from getting there. The Three Lions will face in the semifinals.
鈥淭he game is split into loads of different facets. Some of it is technical, tactical,鈥� Bellingham said. 鈥淔or me, the biggest one is psychological and how you can manage setbacks, how you can manage adversity. This team showed yet again that they can do it and that鈥檚 a really valuable skill and trait to have.鈥�
Not everyone was thrilled with England’s performance.
鈥淲e made life very, very difficult for ourselves today,鈥� coach Thomas Tuchel in a contentious interview with Fox Sports. 鈥淭he result is fantastic. We鈥檙e in the last four. It鈥檚 amazing, but not happy with the performance … in every sense.鈥�
Tuchel clarified in his news conference that he was 鈥減roud and happy鈥� with how his squad has overcome adversity, but added, 鈥淚’m also a football coach and I also have demands. … I think we can play faster. I think we can play more clinical.鈥�
Bellingham seemed to disagree with his coach’s critique after England prevailed in the heat and humidity of South Florida, with reaching 92 degrees Fahrenheit (33 Celsius) at the start of warmups.
鈥淲ell, whatever,鈥� Bellingham , shaking his head. 鈥淚t’s difficult out there. It’s a tough shift. My thoughts and appreciation goes to the players out there who put in a great shift.鈥�
Andreas Schjelderup scored in the 36th minute for Norway, a squad that reached its first quarterfinals and took the internet by storm with its and the charisma of , their fearsome 6-foot-5 striker.
Haaland was kept off the scoresheet for the first time in this World Cup. The Manchester City star sat dejectedly on the bench after he was subbed out for Jorgen Strand Larsen in the second half of extra time.
鈥淚t was not a tough decision to take him out,鈥� Norway coach St氓le Solbakken said. 鈥淗e was finished. Maybe I should have taken him out 10 minutes before. … He also got a dead leg in the second half, so that combined with the fatigue. He did everything he could.鈥�
Norway nearly went ahead 2-1 in the 56th minute when Torbj酶rn Heggem put a rebound past goalkeeper Jordan Pickford after a corner kick. Following a video review, the goal was disallowed because of a foul by Haaland in the box. Haaland was also denied by Pickford on a point-blank header in the first half.
Schjelderup, making just his second start of the tournament, fired a shot and into the net to stun an England team that had dominated possession to that point. elicited a roar from that crowd that included and England great David Beckham.
Schjelderup, who set up both of goals in Norway鈥檚 over Brazil, celebrated by stretching his arms wide and looking at the crowd as his teammates lifted him onto their shoulders. Meanwhile, Kane sat near midfield, grabbing his leg and looking toward the officials. No foul was called.
Moments before Bellingham evened the score, a Norway goal kick resulted in the ball with an aerial camera cable before landing at the feet of England鈥檚 Elliot Anderson. The ball was eventually played to Bellingham, who beat 脴rjan Nyland with a low shot to the far post. By rule, if the ball had been noticed hitting the cable, play would have stopped and a drop ball would have been utilized to determine possession. FIFA later said the sensor in the ball indicated it did not touch the cable.
There was a brief moment of silence before the match in honor of , the 25-year-old midfielder for South Africa whose death was announced earlier Saturday.
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