Matchwinner Jude Bellingham on England's narrow 1-0 Serbia win to open Euro campaign

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Matchwinner Jude Bellingham on England's narrow 1-0 Serbia win to open Euro campaign  16/06/2024  Arena AufSchalke

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00:00Please raise your hand if you've got a question, and we'll get the microphone to you.

00:04Who would like to go first?

00:06Go Simon and Peter here.

00:08Microphone available?

00:11Here in the front.

00:14Thank you.

00:19Hi, Jude, Simon, Peter and Pierre.

00:22What was your overall takeaway of the performance?

00:25Was it a case of the first half shows why England are among the favourites,

00:30and the second half, what could be undone?

00:33No, not quite, I don't agree with that.

00:36I think the first half shows why we can score goals against any team,

00:40and the second half shows why we can keep a clean sheet against any team.

00:44Obviously commonly with the team there's a negative theme around all our games,

00:48sometimes rightly so, but I think in this case you take the positives

00:51from the fact that maybe we had to hold on at times and suffer a little bit,

00:55but we kept a clean sheet, and when you keep a clean sheet all you have to do

00:58is win the game, and it's three points.

01:00I think this team is still so new, gelling together with every game,

01:03so I think inside the changing room we'll be happy with that.

01:06Of course there will be negatives that we want to rub out,

01:09but overall I'm pleased with that performance.

01:12Hi, Jude.

01:14Can I just ask how special it is for you to score England's first goal of the tournament?

01:18And can I also just ask the celebration with Trent,

01:21whether there's a reason behind that?

01:25It's obviously really special to score any time for England,

01:28especially a match-winning goal and a goal that gives us points

01:31and can contribute to us hopefully having a good tournament.

01:35The celebration was from a game we played called Wolf,

01:38and one of the staff always holds his face like that when he doesn't know what's going on,

01:42so it was more celebration for the backroom staff who put in so much work every day.

01:47They won't receive any awards like this or get to have the moments that we get to have on the pitch,

01:54but we value them so much and it's important going through the tournament we keep that atmosphere.

01:58OK, Eric Peters and then James Robson.

02:01Hi, Jude. The fans celebrated you again with the Beatles song Hey Jude.

02:05What does that mean to you and do you listen sometimes to the Beatles?

02:09Or are you too young for them?

02:11No, I like the Beatles, I listen to the Beatles a lot.

02:14My style of music is a bit old, so that's right up my street.

02:17But I really enjoy playing in front of the England fans.

02:20I think it's a different experience for me because obviously I play abroad,

02:23so when I can hear an English crowd for the first time every few months, I really enjoy it.

02:28And obviously they give me a lot of appreciation, a lot of love,

02:31and I try and give that back with my performances and my energy on the pitch.

02:34OK, James Robson.

02:35Hi, Jude, James Robson, Associated Press.

02:38It seems like... It's English, yeah.

02:40It seems like nothing phases you at all.

02:44On the back of the season that you've had, obviously, with Real Madrid, couldn't have gone any better,

02:48do you feel like nothing is beyond you?

02:51No-one for a long, long time has led England to a major trophy.

02:56I don't know.

02:57I just enjoy playing football when it comes to each and every game.

03:00I take it as a single game as opposed to looking too far into the future.

03:04I realise that in every game I feel like I can make an impact.

03:07I feel like I can decide games.

03:10But that happens on any given game instead of looking too far into the future.

03:14The truth is that I really enjoy playing football,

03:16so when I go out there I play with a fearlessness because I love doing it so much.

03:20It's a release for me.

03:22It's my favourite thing to do in the world.

03:24When I play out, it's not much of a job.

03:27It feels like a pleasure.

03:29OK, two more.

03:33Hi, Jude, Jacob Steinberg from The Guardian.

03:35You, Trent and Dec haven't played much together at all as a three.

03:39How do you feel it worked and how was it with Trent?

03:42Because he's not played in this role that much before.

03:44I loved it.

03:45I think we had a great balance with the ball, without the ball,

03:48particularly in possession.

03:49I thought Trent was brilliant.

03:50He conducts games so well.

03:52He's very calm on the ball.

03:54His technique and quality is unmatched, I think,

03:57in terms of what he can do with the ball.

03:59And he's always positive, and that really helps someone like me

04:02who wants to get on the ball all over the pitch

04:04and try and attack their back line.

04:06So I look forward to having more minutes with him,

04:10enjoying how we can develop and how we can get used to each other's game,

04:13and seeing how far we can take the potential.

04:17And, of course, as always, Dec was fantastic.

04:19I think he's one of the best in the world in that position, and he's a joy.

04:22OK, last one.

04:23Hi, Jude.

04:24Fernando Calas from Reuters.

04:26If you could go and reveal the goal that you scored,

04:31because you started the play back in the centre circle, in the midfield.

04:37So if you go to, again, you suffered five or six fouls in the first half.

04:42It was a really rough game in the first half.

04:44They went after you.

04:46It was a good first half for you, so if you could go through that.

04:50Yeah, I felt really confident coming into the game.

04:53Couldn't wait to play at such an amazing tournament,

04:55play with such an amazing group of players.

04:57So I think you could see that I was enjoying my football.

05:00I wanted to get on the ball, I wanted to make an impact,

05:02take the game to them early, because I think I wanted to build an energy

05:06from the fans and to get behind the team,

05:08and when you're progressive it helps doing that.

05:11Trying to be aggressive without the ball as well.

05:13Yeah, I took a few kicks,

05:14but I think it's something I've gotten used to over the last couple of years.

05:18It's about trying to react the right way and not lose my head,

05:21and I think I handled that well today.

05:23Of course, the goal comes from a great movement between some great players.

05:28Like I said, the more we play together,

05:31we'll understand each other's movements more,

05:33but those kind of magic moments where it comes together so naturally

05:36is really nice.

05:37I try to just keep making the box,

05:39because I know players can find me and I know that I can deliver.

05:43Yeah, brilliant goal, brilliant first half,

05:45and ended up being really important for the three points.

05:47OK, thanks very much.

05:49Thank you all, good evening.

06:12I'm sure it will be.

06:29This is Joe Terry for uefa.com with Trent Alexander-Arnold.

06:32Trent, good start.

06:33First win in the tournament.

06:35What's your reaction to that performance?

06:37Happy, of course.

06:38Got the win.

06:39That was our objective,

06:41as it's very important to start the tournament with a win.

06:48That was our main aim.

06:50Definitely don't lose the game,

06:52but we know we have the quality to win.

06:55We've got the players, the squad to win the game,

06:59and we proved that today.

07:01Very, very difficult game.

07:03We had to earn it.

07:05But those are the ones where afterwards,

07:07when you feel like you've earned it,

07:09they're the ones that feel even better.

07:11We've earned this one today.

07:13We've played well, we've created our chances.

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