With Slovakia leading England 1-0, Jude Bellingham performed a bicycle kick from above to send the match into extra time.
June 30, 2024 will go down in Euro history as the day Jude William Bellingham saved England from being eliminated by Slovakia with a bicycle kick in the 95th minute.
With just 30 seconds left for referee Halil Meler to blow the final whistle, England were 0-1 down and desperately attacking. But then a miracle happened, they took a throw-in into the box, Guehi touched the ball and Bellingham suddenly worked his magic.
Bellingham scores a bicycle kick
The ball went in behind Bellingham and he chose to finish in the only way possible, which was a bicycle kick. The shot was so dangerous, it went into the far corner of the goal that goalkeeper Dubravka could do nothing about it.
The spectacular goal, scored at the Veltins Arena, home to Schalke – Dortmund’s old rivals – sent the crowd into a frenzy. It wasn’t Bellingham’s best performance on a day of England disappointment, but it showed a superstar who knows how to make a difference.
Bellingham has five goals for his country, but the most interesting thing was his goal to save the Three Lions with a reverse bicycle kick similar to Cristiano Ronaldo’s against Juventus.
The joy was doubled for England when just 50 seconds after extra time began, Harry Kane scored the decisive goal to make a comeback and reach the quarterfinals of Euro 2024.
“Is there a more dramatic match in England’s recent history? Southgate’s team seemed to be eliminated. They were completely hopeless and buried. It all happened until that moment of spellbinding magic.” or Jude Bellingham”, commented Sky Sports News journalist Rob Dorsett.
The England team was saved from the abyss by Jude Bellingham’s “bicycle kick”. In terms of aesthetics as well as importance, this goal deserves a place in the list of the greatest goals in the history of the Three Lions at major tournaments.
It was the 90+5 minute and England were seconds away from a ticket home. In a near-desperate effort, defender Kyle Walker took a powerful throw-in into the penalty area. If it had been 90 minutes earlier, the ball would have been easily cleared by the Slovakian defender. However, Francesco Calzona’s players seemed to be exhausted. They couldn’t reach it and centre-back Marc Guehi took over the space, heading the ball back into the box.
Jude Bellingham was waiting there. In a very difficult position, a superstar’s instincts arose and the 2023/24 Champions League champion immediately threw himself into the air.
A “upside-down bicycle” masterpiece was created at Arena AufSchalke. The ball from Bellingham’s foot headed down to the bottom right corner of the goal, entering the net to the shock of the Slovakian players.
Bellingham’s beautiful goal saved England.
This goal immediately became one of the most important goals in the history of the Three Lions.
Then, as we know, Harry Kane’s goal in the first minute of extra time helped England make a spectacular comeback , surpassing Slovakia and enrolling in the quarter-finals, where they will face Switzerland.
Of course, the big credit belongs to Bellingham for the goal that saved England. According to Telegraph experts as well as readers’ votes on Sunday night, the 21-year-old player’s masterpiece went straight into the top 5 greatest goals in England team history at major tournaments (World Cup). /EURO).
It even surpassed David Platt’s volley against Belgium at the 1990 World Cup and Bobby Charlton’s cannon shot against Mexico at the 1966 World Cup to take third place. The two best goals were Michael Owen’s solo goal at the 1998 World Cup against Argentina and Paul Gascoigne’s impromptu goal against Scotland at EURO 1996.