Bellingham leads England past Norway to World Cup semifinals - ESPN

MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. — Jude Bellingham sent England into the World Cup semifinals with two goals as the Three Lions overturned a 1-0 deficit to seal a 2-1 extra-time win and end Norway hopes of a first-ever last four appearance in the tournament.

The Real Madrid star is now tied with England teammate Harry Kane with six goals in this tournament, behind the eight of France's Kylian Mbappé and Argentina's Lionel Messi. He scored twice in the round of 16 as England beat co-hosts Mexico.

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His goals gave England a second semifinal appearance in three World Cups — a game that will see them play the winner of Argentina versus Switzerland in Atlanta on Wednesday.

England have not reached the World Cup final since their only triumph in the competition as host nation in 1966.

Despite the win, coach Thomas Tuchel was critical of his side's performance.

«The result is fantastic, we're in the last four, it's amazing, but not happy with the performance,» Tuchel said. «Again, the commitment is there, but we made life very very difficult for us in the way we played, how we played — sloppy, a lot of technical mistakes, not fast enough, not repetitive enough — we were lucky today.»

Bellingham, though, brushed off those critiques.

«Yeah well, whatever, whatever,» he said. «It's difficult out there, it's a tough shift, all the players have put in a very tough shift so my thoughts and appreciation goes to the players who were out there, who put in a great shift yet again.»

Andreas Schjelderup's 36th minute opener — a left-foot shot that caught out England keeper Jordan Pickford by crashing in off the far post — gave Norway a deserved lead