Norway 1-2 England: Jude Bellingham makes history as Three Lions reach World Cup semi-finals

Jude Bellingham was the leader arsenic England bushed Norway 2-1 successful the quarter-finals of the 2026 World Cup. 

Andreas Schjelderup gave Norway the pb successful the 36th infinitesimal aft England skipper Harry Kane was dispossessed successful his ain half.

However, Bellingham snatched an equaliser connected the verge of halftime, driving into the container and firing past Orjan Nyland.

Both teams had opportunities to find a victor successful the 2nd half, but neither broadside could marque a breakthrough until other clip erstwhile Bellingham netted the winner.

Norway 1-2 England: What conscionable happened?

After a low-key start, the crippled came to beingness pursuing the archetypal hydration interruption arsenic Schjelderup enactment Norway up earlier Bellingham equalised.

Kane thought helium had fixed England the pb conscionable 2 minutes later, dinking the shot implicit Nyland aft being played done by Bellingham, but helium was flagged offside.

Norway past saw Torbjorn Heggem's extremity disallowed successful the 2nd fractional for a foul by Erling Haaland, who pushed Elliot Anderson to the crushed earlier Schjelderup delivered the corner.

Bellingham yet scored the winning extremity successful other time, tapping successful a rebound erstwhile Nyland spilled the shot aft redeeming a long-range effort from Morgan Rogers.

Norway 1-2 England: The large talking point

Bellingham erstwhile again came up trumps for England astatine this tournament, scoring different brace to nonstop the Three Lions done to the semi-finals for conscionable the 4th time.

The Real Madrid antheral also bagged a brace successful the dramatic 3-2 triumph implicit Mexico in the erstwhile round, becoming the second-youngest subordinate to people 2 oregon much goals successful consecutive World Cup knockout games down Brazil icon Pele.

Bellingham's equaliser against Norway was brilliantly taken and came astatine a important time, portion the victor was different illustration of him being successful the close spot astatine the close time.

Norway 1-2 England: The bigger picture

No subordinate has scored much non-penalty goals astatine a World Cup for England than Bellingham's six, equalling a grounds held by Gary Lineker who bagged six astatine the 1986 tournament.

The 23-year-old has been England's cardinal subordinate alongside Kane and has besides scored much goals than immoderate different midfielder astatine this World Cup.

In fact, lone Lionel Messi, Kylian Mbappe and Haaland person recovered the backmost of the nett much times than Bellingham truthful far.

England volition beryllium hoping helium tin present much heroic performances successful the coming days, with the Three Lions dreaming of lifting the trophy for the archetypal clip since 1966.

Norway 1-2 England: What happens next?

England volition present play either Argentina oregon Switzerland successful the 2nd semi-final connected Wednesday, knowing that different triumph volition gain them a spot successful the World Cup final.

Norway, meanwhile, volition beryllium disappointed to person gone retired but delighted with their wide show successful what was their archetypal World Cup quality since 1998.