Jude Bellingham physically assaulted a water cooler and abused the referees with an England teammate \u2018forced\u2019 to step in. But there is no proof it happened.<\/p>\n
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Qualified success There are a great many mentions of the 2026 World Cup kicking off exactly a year from now, although some take that theme a little too far.<\/p>\n \u2018WELL, Thomas Tuchel can surely forget about putting that second star on England\u2019s shirt,\u2019 writes Dave Kidd for The Sun<\/strong>. \u2018Just qualifying for America\u00a0next\u00a0summer\u00a0will be a decent achievement on this evidence.\u2019<\/p>\n Perhaps tongue is inserted firmly in cheek there, because Kidd goes on to say:<\/p>\n \u2018There is no way on\u00a0Earth\u00a0the Three Lions are going to win the World Cup with defensive options as poor as these.\u2019<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n And there is no way on Earth they will try to. If England go into the World Cup with Dean Henderson behind Kyle Walker, Trevoh Chalobah, Levi Colwill and Myles Lewis-Skelly as their first-choice defence then Mediawatch will eat an assortment of hats.<\/p>\n \u2018With no world-class defensive midfielder either, why did Tuchel ever even walk into this job boasting that he intended to win the World Cup?\u2019<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Why indeed did a manager paid incredibly handsomely to take over the recent European Championship finalists make it his known target to win a tournament his contract expires immediately after?<\/p>\n England are among the favourites to win the World Cup<\/strong><\/a>, and would have been so under Gareth Southgate, Lee Carsley or Avram Grant. Tuchel would have been a fool not to outline it as his express objective.<\/p>\n But Kidd then returns to his initial point:<\/p>\n \u2018Much more of this and\u00a0England\u00a0might not even make the World Cup.\u2019<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Well sure. If they just keep losing games they probably won\u2019t qualify. But England are also one of three teams with a perfect record from three games or more and they haven\u2019t even conceded yet, so they will probably make it. What happens when they are there is another matter entirely.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n Cooler minds prevail He only came on as a substitute in the 71st minute but a disallowed equaliser \u2013 and some fair frustration \u2013 apparently makes him fair game to focus on.<\/p>\n Ian Ladyman of the Daily Mail<\/strong> writes that \u2018supposed golden child of English football\u2019 Bellingham \u2018chased a fourth official to the tunnel and then lashed out with his foot at a case of water bottles\u2019.<\/p>\n Can you \u2018lash out\u2019 with a foot? Feels wrong.<\/p>\n Jonathan Northcroft of The Times<\/strong>, presumably discussing the same course of events, says the Real Madrid player was seen \u2018smashing the ball away, booting a drinks cooler and screeching at an official\u2019.<\/p>\n But then Dom Smith of the Evening Standard<\/strong> tweeted that he \u2018has just gone roaring over to the linesman\u2026before angrily kicking a drinks cooler\u2019.<\/p>\n Are \u2018screeching\u2019 and \u2018roaring\u2019 interchangeable now? Have we missed a memo?<\/p>\n Tum Balogun of the MailOnline<\/strong>\u00a0says Bellingham \u2018lashed a ball into the air after the final whistle\u2019 before \u2018chasing down the fourth official\u2019 and \u2018taking a swipe at a water cooler\u2019.<\/p>\n Again, can you \u2018take a swipe\u2019 with your foot? These are important questions.<\/p>\n Tom Parsons of the Daily Express website<\/strong> takes things hilariously further in a piece with \u2018angry explosion\u2019 in the headline, explaining how Bellingham \u2018put his foot through the water cooler\u2019 and\u00a0\u2018then raced over to the assistant referee to complain about the disallowed goal,\u2019 presumably with said water cooler still attached to his sodding foot.<\/p>\n And Parsons teams up with Will Schofield on the Daily Star website<\/strong>, Watergate-style, to report that Bellingham \u2018showed true colours with England meltdown\u2019; it\u2019s a wonder he hasn\u2019t broken his silence yet. Or his foot.<\/p>\n Katherine Walsh of The Sun website<\/strong> describes an \u2018incredible meltdown\u2019 in which he \u2018failed to keep his emotions in check\u2019 and \u2018booted a water cooler near the technical area, before racing after the assistant referee\u2019.<\/p>\n Things escalated to such an extent that Harry Kane \u2018was ultimately forced to push the former\u00a0Birmingham\u00a0player onto the pitch to calm the situation down\u2019.<\/p>\n And, well, look away now. Viewer discretion is advised at this point. You have been warned:<\/p>\n @itsjudithworld<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/LrQ6L1MnNQ<\/a><\/p>\n
<\/strong>England were rotten in a deserved defeat to Senegal<\/strong><\/a> on Tuesday evening, the reaction to which was predictably and indeed understandably rather negative.<\/p>\n\n
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<\/strong>Beyond the justified complaints over the performance and general feeling with England currently, a familiar theme emerges: Jude Bellingham<\/strong><\/a> is an angry young man.<\/p>\n\n