By Joiner Martínez
07 Oct 2023, 17:58 PM EDT
The English footballer, just 20 years old, Jude Bellingham scored a double against Osasuna, goals that once again earned points for Real Madrid and with which he equaled a club legend like the Portuguese Cristiano Ronaldo in his first ten games.
Bellingham has 10 goals in the same number of games dressed in white, just like Cristiano did, although the midfielder has added three assists to just one for the Portuguese.
Bellingham has an impact for Real Madrid to which he was not called, due to his status as a midfielder and his scoring record, with a maximum of goals in a season of 14, those achieved last season with Borussia Dortmund and that, in case of Continuing with this goal-per-game ratio will not take long to overcome.
For now, only the direct contribution of Bellingham goals has earned Real Madrid 11 points (eight in the league and three in the Champions League and 8 in the League).
His level of influence on the outcome of matches is usually reserved for forwards, but the Englishman, in the position that Ancelotti designed for him at the top of the diamond in the center of the field, is playing the best football of his still short, and precocious, sports race.
Scoring numbers that make him equal the start of Cristiano Ronaldo, who began his successful career with the white team – all-time top scorer with 451 goals – also scoring ten goals, but in his case he distributed ‘only’ one assist.
Ancelotti praised Bellingham
Carlo Ancelotti, coach of Real Madrid, confessed that “no one expected this level” and his scoring ability in the capital of Spain.
“Bellingham is the same as always, he is finding a lot of possibilities in attack because he is very involved in the game and because he does not have a fixed position on the field. That gives him an advantage, he comes in very well from the second line and combines well with his teammates. He has made a surprising start to the League. “Nobody expected this level and his number of goals,” he said at a press conference.
And he analyzed: “He is very dynamic, he plays fiercely and internally with physical strength that allows him to go down and up. Controlling him is not so easy for rivals of this type of player.”
“He is very good, he has adapted very quickly to us. We don’t care much if he is the best in the world at this moment, all of Madrid fans are lucky to have signed an exceptional player. “We are very happy, me as a coach and the fans,” he said.
Despite his great moment, Ancelotti highlighted Bellingham’s tranquility and humility on a daily basis. What surprises him most, he confessed, is his maturity at just 20 years old.
“He lives this moment very calmly. He understands things very well, they are going well but we know that he is not a center forward who scores all the goals. He is a playmaker who arrives very well. The priority is not to score, the time will come when he will not do so and he will be able to make another contribution to the team on the field with work and quality,” he warned.
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