In the more fractious moments of England’s Euro 2024 campaign, Jude Bellingham was lambasted for trying to do it all on his own. Examining the teamsheet in Greece on Thursday night, you wondered whether he might have to.
There was no Harry Kane, dropped by an outgoing, emboldened Lee Carsley, and no Bukayo Saka, Jack Grealish, Phil Foden, Cole Palmer, Declan Rice or Trent Alexander-Arnold either. No other attack-minded player at all, in fact, who had ever started a tournament game.
