Jude Bellingham leaves Toni Kroos stunned at Real Madrid level considering age and rising star has perfect response
No one can quite believe what Jude Bellingham is doing at Real Madrid — not even his teammates.
After an unprecedented goalscoring start to the season in Spain, the England star briefly returned to midfield — where he dominated — and now he’s back spearheading Madrid’s attack.
Bellingham ran the show in a 3-2 LaLiga win over Almeria, but it wasn’t without controversy.
However, even without the VAR drama that left the rest of the league fuming, Bellingham was unplayable.
The 20-year-old showed off a new skill by scoring from the penalty spot at 2-0 down, and later assisted Dani Carvajal’s winner with a brilliantly cushioned header.
In between, he also swept home magnificently after a late run, only to be called offside, and he almost scored an overhead kick after spectacularly setting himself up.
All in all, he was quite simply the best player on the pitch yet again as he picked up his eighth Man of the Match award of the season, and his teammates were keen to point it out.
Posting on Instagram after the win, Bellingham wrote: “This club. This stadium. This team. Different! #HalaMadrid.”
Comments from Bellingham’s 26million followers came flooding in, but it was the ones from his teammates that would have meant the most.
Antonio Rudiger and Aurelien Tchouameni were among those who showed their appreciation, but midfield legend Toni Kroos made sure to give some extra praise.
The four-time Champions League winner wrote: “This mentality with 20 [years old] is another level!”
“Learning from the best,” Bellingham replied to the all-time great.
He will not be 21 until the end of June by which time he could be playing in a Euro 2024 last 16 match for England if the Three Lions come through a group containing Slovenia, Denmark and Serbia.
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