AN emotional Jude Bellingham struggled to hold back his tears after winning the Champions League with Real Madrid.
Los Blancos triumphed over Borussia Dortmund with a 2-0 victory at Wembley.
TNT SportsAn emotional Jude Bellingham spoke to TNT Sports[/caption]
TNT SportsHe took a pause during the interview to look towards his family in the stands[/caption]
TNT SportsBellingham’s family looked on with pride[/caption]
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Reflecting on the victory, Bellingham spoke to TNT Sports and said: “You go through life and there are so many people who say you can’t do things and days like today just remind you why [you keep going].
“It gets a bit hard at times and you wonder if it’s worth it. Nights like tonight make you realise.”
He then emotionally paid tribute to his family and said: “I was alright until I saw my mum and dad’s face. The amount of nights where they can be at home by seven o’clock and they’re doing trips at 11 and 12 at night to take me to football.
“And my little brother there who I’m trying to be a role model for, yeah, I can’t put into words, it’s the best night of my life.
The Real Madrid midfielder kept pausing throughout the pitch-side interview as he tried to catch his family’s eye in the stands.
Bellingham’s close and extended family were in attendance, with his father Mark, mother Denise, and brother Jobe Bellingham spotted in the stands five hours prior to kick off.
TNT Sports showed the family eating their lunch on the then empty Wembley seats, with Jose Mourinho paying tribute to both Jude and his family by saying: “To see that family, the way they are there… They are not looking for cameras.
“They are not looking for the VIP seats, they are there to support their family in the most humble way so it’s very beautiful.
X formerly Twitter / @footballontntBellingham’s family were spotted in the stands far before the game kicked off[/caption]
PAMourinho heaped praise on Bellingham[/caption]
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“[He is] A special player and a special family.”
It caps off a stellar first season for Bellingham in Madrid.
The midfielder scored 23 times and assisted 13 in his 42 appearances this club season.
He added another to the tally tonight, as he assisted Vinicius Jr’s goal, which made it 2-0 to Real Madrid.
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THE very moment Vinicius Junior struck the second goal, Jude Bellingham sank to his knees, stretched out his arms and looked up at the sky, writes Charlie Wyett.
It was the moment that Bellingham had always dreamed of, to win the Champions League. The fact it came at Wembley, on home soil, made it that little sweeter.
Bellingham delivered the pass to Vinicius who scored to ensure that Real Madrid, remarkably, have now been the kings of Europe on 15 occasions.
It was the final kick of the biggest game in Bellingham’s life as he was immediately replaced by Joselu in a tactical switch by Carlo Ancelotti.
With no Premier League teams involved, this was an English duel between Bellingham and Jadon Sancho. The west midlands v south London. Stourbridge versus Kennington.
It is obvious which of the two former team-mates won this scrap, although Sancho’s team should have put Real out of sight by half-time.
Ultimately, neither Englishmen had particularly dazzling games.
Sancho, on loan from Manchester United, started brightly and gave Real left-back Ferland Mendy a few uneasy moments.
Yet this was nothing like the performances he delivered against PSG to help his team to the final.
Instead, with three minutes remaining of normal time, Sancho was replaced by another Englishman, teenager Jamie Bynoe-Gittens.
There was to be no drama. Bellingham added this Euro title to his La Liga winner’s medal. Not forgetting he has also been voted as the La Liga player of the year.
Bellingham, featuring in his 42nd game of the season for Real, was unable to make much of an impact in his role wide left.
On the hour mark, he had touched the ball 35 times but had done little with it.
With the scores at 0-0, he somehow failed to score with a header when he was unable to make contact with a cross from Vinicius. Any touch and it would have been a goal.
By then, the keyboard warriors were out in force on social media, dishing out some laughable criticism of England’s greatest talent. Potentially, our greatest ever player.
Yet the inevitable happened and Dortmund were left to curse those missed chances.
A mistake by Sancho led to a Madrid corner and Dani Carvajal leapt highest to head them into the lead.
Bellingham had another chance but it was deflected wide by Nico Schlotterbeck.
But, with seven minutes left, he helped stick the knife in to help Vinicius score and ensure this is an evening he will never forget.
In the crowd were his dad Mark, mum Denise and brother Jobe, who got into the stadium five hours early
Bellingham’s mum was in tears as her son stepped up to get his medal. And let’s all hope Bellingham will be lifting another trophy in Berlin on July 14.
It leaves his trophy tally for the season at: One champions league, a LaLiga title and a Spanish Super Cup.
His only previous trophy came in the 2020/21 season when he played for tonight’s opponents, Borussia Dortmund.
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