Author of another double, Jude Bellingham continued his excellent first season in La Liga with Real Madrid. And Carlo Ancelotti does not hesitate to compare him to Zinedine Zidane.
He hadn’t chosen this number by chance. By opting for this number 5, unusual for an attacking midfielder, Jude Bellingham has chosen to follow in the footsteps of Zinedine Zidane at Real Madrid. And like his illustrious French elder, the English international has established himself as the master of playing for the Merengues this season.
On Saturday, in the La Liga clash against Girona, Bellingham responded again, being with Vinicius Jr the great architect of a success which made Real the big favorite for the title. And the former Dortmund player was entitled to a superb compliment from Carlo Ancelotti.
“In certain aspects he reminds me of Zidane, for his extraordinary quality with the balladmitted the Italian technician, who trained “ZZ” at Juventus before being his mentor as a coach. Zidane had a superior technical level, but Bellingham complemented that with his sense of projection in the area. On the first goal, he made a move that few players can do. »
Bellingham has already broken a record
We indeed recommend this Real goal, between the delicious exterior of Vinicius Jr to launch Bellingham in depth, and the perfect finish from the Englishman, who perfectly hooked the Girona goalkeeper to then score in the empty goal. This is undoubtedly where Real’s new star impresses the most this season, with his ability to score week after week.
Bellingham has already scored 20 goals in 29 matches with Real, 4 in the Champions League, and 16 in La Liga, where he is currently the only top scorer with two points ahead of Dovbyk and Mayoral. The Englishman has already broken a record: that of the number of league goals for a Real midfielder in the 21st century, which belonged to James Rodriguez (15 goals in 2014-2015). Scorer 37 times in five seasons, Zidane has never scored more than 9 times per La Liga season.
