With a total value of 1.5 billion euros and ranked 5th in the world, England is the undisputed favorite to win this European Championship, and the outside world is generally optimistic that England and France will go to the end (if not in the same half).
Especially in the just-concluded five major leagues and the Champions League, Bellingham, Kane, Foden, and Saka, the luxury attacking line, performed extremely well.
But when it comes to the national team, it's a different story. On June 26, Beijing time, against Slovenia, ranked 57th in the world, how bad did England play? The Three Lions fans erupted in mass boos as a way to treat their home side.
In the end, England drew 0-0 with Slovenia, and although they only won one game in the group stage, they were lucky to advance to the round of 16 and avoided the top half of the death zone where Germany, Portugal, France and Spain are located.
Immediately after the game, the authoritative data website sofascore scored the players of both teams, and Slovenia's left-backs Janza and Bellingham scored the lowest points of the game 6.4 points!
The stats don't lie, ESPN took a look at Bellingham's stats for this game: 0 shots, 0 chances created, 0 successful tackles, 0 successful passes to the final third, only 12% of passes forward, 22% of duels were the worst in the team, and 16 conceded possession was the most in the team.
In the first group game, Bellingham's form looked pretty good, and he frequently stole the show. But from the second round onwards, Bellingham has been playing worse and worse, lacking a sense of position on the field, not being involved in attack, and having Rice as a barrier when defending.
To some extent, if Bellingham is not on the pitch in the last two group games, it seems that England's attack and defense will not be affected too much.
With his excellent performance in his first La Liga season, Bellingham, who is worth a total of 180 million euros, has been given high expectations by the outside world. Especially in a major tournament like the European Cup, it is often a good opportunity for stars to upgrade themselves and shine again.
Bellingham is also considered a strong contender for the Ballon d'Or, but after the group stage, Bellingham's performance seems to be a little inconsistent with his value.
Hopefully, Bellingham can find himself at Real Madrid in time and silence the doubters with a good performance in the knockout rounds.