Bellingham scores twice as England beat Norway 2-1 to reach World Cup semis

Jude Bellingham was England’s leader erstwhile much by scoring doubly arsenic the Three Lions came from down to extremity Norway’s historical tally and scope the World Cup semifinals with a 2-1 triumph aft extra-time.

In their first-ever quarterfinal, Andreas Schjelderup fired Norway into a daze pb successful the searing Miami vigor connected Saturday.

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But Bellingham, who besides netted a treble successful a memorable 3-2 implicit Mexico successful the past 16, produced a infinitesimal of magic to equalise conscionable earlier half-time.

Norway had a 2nd extremity controversially disallowed aft a VAR reappraisal successful the 2nd fractional for a foul by Erling Haaland arsenic some sets of players were pushed to their carnal limits by going to extra-time.

Bellingham came up with different large infinitesimal for the victor arsenic helium pounced connected an mistake by Orjan Nyland to expanse successful his sixth extremity of the tournament.

England volition look Argentina oregon Switzerland connected Wednesday for the accidental to scope a archetypal World Cup last successful 60 years.

Haaland’s spectacular tally of scoring successful his past 14 competitory matches for Norway came to an extremity against the onshore of his birth, with Norway’s exhausted talisman replaced astatine half-time of extra-time.

Having failed to triumph a World Cup knockout crippled aft conceding archetypal since the last of 1966 earlier this tournament, England person present done truthful doubly successful 3 matches.

Energy-sapping heat

Harry Kane’s heroics prevented an embarrassing aboriginal exit to the Democratic Republic of the Congo successful the past 32.

But it is Bellingham who has stood up successful the past 2 matches to support England successful the hunt to extremity their agelong hold for large tourney glory contempt acold from flawless performances.

The 5pm section clip (21:00 GMT) kickoff successful Florida meant that temperatures remained supra 30 degrees Celsius (86 Fahrenheit) throughout, with aggravated humidity making for draining conditions for the players.

The vigor looked arsenic if it would spoil the spectacle successful the archetypal half.

Thomas Tuchel’s men were rattled arsenic England goalkeeper Jordan Pickford saved debased from Martin Odegaard earlier Alexander Sorloth wasted a glorious accidental erstwhile helium failed to provender Haaland and alternatively went for extremity himself.

Almost immediately, Bellingham pulled his squad retired of the mire erstwhile more.

Bellingham had been good marshalled until helium collected Anthony Gordon’s pass, burst into the container astatine velocity and past slotted location connected his weaker near foot.

Momentum was abruptly successful England’s favour and they astir went into the interruption ahead.

Bellingham was this clip the creator for Kane, who dinked the shot coolly implicit Nyland, but had conscionable drifted offside.

Tuchel introduced Bukayo Saka and Eberechi Eze astatine the interruption for the ineffective Noni Madueke and Declan Rice – the Arsenal midfielder had been suffering with unwellness earlier successful the week.

But those changes near England airy successful midfield, and they were near hanging connected astatine spells successful the 2nd half.

Torbjorn Heggem made the astir of immoderate sloppy defending to crook successful astatine the backmost post, but Haaland was penalised for a propulsion connected caller Manchester City teammate Elliott Anderson earlier the country had been taken, and the extremity was disallowed.

Norway were inches distant from a victor again erstwhile Kristoffer Ajer deed the barroom aft England failed to woody with different unsafe corner.

Both sides visibly wilted successful the energy-sapping conditions precocious connected but were forced to endure an other 30 minutes.

Nyland had been Norway’s supporting enactment successful the past 16 triumph implicit Brazil with a bid of saves earlier Haaland struck doubly precocious connected for a landmark victory.

This clip the Sevilla goalkeeper was the villain arsenic helium spilled substitute Morgan Rogers’ changeable from region and Bellingham pounced and scored.

England were awarded a punishment moments later, but this clip VAR intervened successful Norway’s favour to deem Djed Spence had initiated interaction wrong the box.

Yet, Norway’s tone was already crushed, epitomised by a slouched Haaland watching connected from the seat with thing much to give.

Tuchel said his broadside was “lucky” to look with the win.

“We made beingness very, precise hard for ourselves today. The effect is fantastic. We are successful the past four. It’s astonishing but not blessed with the performance,” helium told ITV.

“The committedness is there, but we made beingness hard for ourselves successful the mode we played – sloppy, a batch of method mistakes, not accelerated enough, not repetitive enough. We were fortunate today.

“It’s astir the prime – we request to play better. We volition get amended [in the semifinal]. We request to.”