Slovakia already have one foot in the European Championship quarter-finals when Jude Bellingham takes off in the fifth minute of stoppage time and scores a superb overhead kick to make it 1-1.
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- Deep into stoppage time, England star Jude Bellingham scores to make it 1-1 in the European Championship round of 16 against Slovakia.
- It is an absolute dream goal, the likes of which are rarely seen.
- Because Harry Kane makes it 2:1 in extra time, the Swiss national team meets England in the quarter-finals as expected and not the surprise team from Slovakia.
Although England finished the group stage in first place, their performances were so mediocre that they were criticized at home. National coach Gareth Southgate in particular received a lot of verbal abuse, but superstars such as Jude Bellingham and Harry Kane were also slated in the media.
This is unlikely to change much, and the coach at least will have to brace himself for further criticism. Anyone who thought that England would shift up a gear at the start of the knockout phase was wrong early on Sunday evening. Not much came together against Slovakia. After 45 minutes, Bellingham was already being mocked online: 0 chances created, 0 shots on goal, four shouts of "Vamos".
In many editorial offices, the push messages about the England exit are probably already ready to be fired, but a game is only over when the referee blows the whistle. And so, in the fifth minute of stoppage time, Bellingham does exactly what great players do: he saves his team with a dream goal to take the game into extra time.
The 21-year-old is celebrated online for his magisterial goal. One user wrote: "I swear we'll never see anything like it again, so watch it and enjoy it." In extra time, it was Harry Kane who scored to make it 2:1 and ensure that Switzerland would face England and not Slovakia in the European Championship quarter-finals.
And here are a few social reactions after the Bellingham goal ...
... and the obligatory dig at Gareth Southgate
