28d
28d
CRAIG HOPE: You cannot accuse
Jude Bellingham of lacking brand awareness - as the ambassador for petulance‚ his protest against
Thomas Tuchel 's decision to substitute him was trademark indignation. Never mind 'who else?!'‚ here was 'why me?!'. Well‚ it was because he had not long been booked and a second yellow in the final six minutes would have ruled him out of the opening game of the
World Cup. It was sensible management by
Tuchel‚ who had warned his players of this suspension pitfall. Yet‚
Bellingham disagreed. Arms raised and eyeballs locked on his head coach‚ he was making it known he was not impressed at the sight of
Morgan Rogers stripped on the touchline. What made it was worse was that
England had just celebrated
Harry Kane 's second goal -
Bellingham should have been taken by the collective joy‚ not soured by his own sense of grievance and importance. His complaint‚ in fact‚ had started in the seconds before
Kane scored and continued after.