When English hopes were hanging by a thread, Jude Bellingham took centre stage and executed a rescue act for the ages. Trailing in the first half to a fiercely resolute Norwegian side, Thomas Tuchel’s men were drifting toward a grimly familiar heartbreak, until their talismanic number ten seized control of the narrative.

With ice in his veins and sheer audacity in his boots, Bellingham dragged the Three Lions back from the brink. First, a crisp, sweeping volley to level the tie; then, a towering extra-time header that sent the English end into absolute ecstasy and sent the Vikings packing.

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