13 July,2026 08:48 AM IST | Miami | Agencies
England’s Jude Bellingham celebrates his goal against Norway in Miami on Saturday. Pics/AFP
Jude Bellingham was England's hero once more by scoring twice as the Three Lions came from behind to end Norway's historic run and reach the World Cup semi-finals with a 2-1 win after extra-time on Saturday.
In their first ever quarter-final, Andreas Schjelderup fired Norway into a shock lead in the searing Miami heat. But Bellingham, who also netted a double in a memorable 3-2 over Mexico in the last 16, produced a moment of magic to equalise just before half-time. Norway had a second goal controversially disallowed after a VAR review in the second half for a foul by Erling Haaland as both sets of players were pushed to their physical limits by going to extra-time.
Bellingham came up with another big moment as he pounced on an error by Orjan Nyland to sweep in his sixth goal of the tournament for the winner. England will face Argentina on Wednesday for the chance to reach a first World Cup final in 60 years.
"The result is fantastic. The last four is amazing, but I'm not happy with the performance. The commitment is there, but we made life very, very difficult for ourselves in the way we played - sloppy, a lot of technical mistakes, not fast enough, not repetitive enough. We were lucky today," said England boss Thomas Tuchel.
Bellingham was less than impressed with his manager's reaction. "Whatever. Whatever," said the Real Madrid midfielder after a gruelling 120 minutes in the Miami heat. "It's difficult out there. All the players are putting in a tough shift. Maybe he doesn't know what it's like to play in those kind of conditions against Erling Haaland, Odegaard, Nusa, Sorloth. That's not an easy team to play against. We've tried to create a positive environment. We should continue that going into the final four. I can't speak highly enough of the lads," Bellingham told the BBC.
4
No. of consecutive wins or England at the FIFA World Cup - their longest streak in a single edition since 1966 (5), when they clinched their only world title
Zero
No. of wins for Norway against European nations at the FIFA World Cup across seven games (two draws, five losses), including three knockout fixtures
7
No. of goals for Jude Bellingham at FIFA World Cups - joint second-highest alongside Pele for anyone aged 23 or younger; only Kylian Mbappe (12) has scored more
One
Jude Bellingham is the first player to score two or more goals in consecutive knockout fixtures at the same FIFA World Cup edition since Diego Maradona in 1986
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