There is optimism in the England camp that Jude Bellingham’s moment of inspiration and a rare week to prepare for Saturday’s quarter-final against Switzerland can prove transformative for a side which has been anything but convincing in Germany.
John Stones described Bellingham’s 95th-minute bicycle-kick against Slovakia as a “turning point”, and the mood has since been more upbeat, a sense of things falling into place after a shaky start.
