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EURO 2024: Bellingham header lifts England past Serbia

Jude Bellingham scored a game-winning header, lifting England to a 1-0 victory over Serbia in their EURO 2024 opener in Gelsenkirchen.

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Bellingham carries England to a great EURO 2024 start

Bellingham, 20, charged into the box and connected with Bukayo Saka’s deflected cross, resulting in a header in the 13th minute.

Fittingly enough, the English fans began singing The Beatles iconic hit ’ “Hey Jude,” celebrating the early lead.

Bellingham, who had just completed a prolific first season with Real Madrid, scored his first-ever goal in the European Championship.

Jude Bellingham at 20 years old has already…

🏆 Won the Champions League
🏆 Won the German Cup
🏆 Won LaLiga
⭐️ Won LaLiga Player of the Season
⭐️ Won the Golden Boy award
⚽️ Scored at the World Cup
⚽️ Scored at the Euros 🆕 pic.twitter.com/q8UlCCKazN

— Amazon Prime Video Sport (@primevideosport) June 16, 2024

However, Serbia began to apply pressure on the Three Lions’ defense after the break.

England captain Harry Kane nearly gave England its second goal with a 77th minute header but Serbia Goalkeeper Predrag Rajkovic made a fantastic save off the top crossbar.

Serbia striker Dusan Vlahovic nearly scored an equalizer, but Jordan Pickford came with a late save.

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‘The team is still coming together’

England coach Gareth Southgate said his squad are still in the process of building a cohesive unit throughout the tournament.

“This team is still coming together,” Southgate said. “Everyone is expecting us to waltz through, but there is a lot of hard work ahead. We’re short of certain things. We’re finding best possible solutions.

“We’ve had a very complicated run-in to all of this [due to injuries], but the spirit of the group was there for everybody to see tonight and we’ll definitely grow from that.

What’s next for England?

England holds the Group C lead with the victory after an earlier 1-1 draw by Denmark and Slovenia.

England will next play against Denmark on Thursday, while Serbia will battle Slovenia on the same day.