On the morning of June 17, Bellingham was England’s “hero” when he appeared and scored to help the Three Lions defeat Serbia 1-0 in the opening match of EURO 2024. By playing in this match, the Real player Madrid surpassed Ronaldo to set a new record.
Bellingham scored the only goal to help England win against Serbia. (Photo: Getty).
Accordingly, Bellingham surpassed Cristiano Ronaldo to become the youngest player in European football history, competing in 3 consecutive major tournaments, including EURO 2020, World Cup 2022 and EURO 2024. Ronaldo participated in 3 tournaments. Big consecutively, that is EURO 2004, World Cup 2006 and EURO 2008.
At EURO 2008, Ronaldo was 23 years old while Bellingham was just about to turn 21 years old when he appeared in the opening match at EURO 2024.
At EURO 2020 taking place in 2021, Bellingham, then just over 17 years old, made his first appearance on the field in the match against Croatia. By the end of 2022, at the age of 19, this player started all 5 matches for Tam Su at the 2022 World Cup in Qatar.
After the victory against Serbia, Bellingham and the England team will focus on the match against Denmark on the night of June 20. That is the opponent that has always caused difficulties for England in recent encounters.