Mexico attempted 16 tackles on Jude Bellingham yesterday, winning only one.
Bellingham's 15 tackles faced won is the most recorded in a single game at the 2026 World Cup so far.
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๐จ ๐๐ฅ๐๐๐๐๐ก๐: The Belgian federation has released a new statement:
"After learning through media reports of FIFAโs decision to lift the automatic suspension of player Balogun, the RBFA sent a letter to FIFA requesting a copy of the decision, an explanation of the process that had been followed, and setting out its position regarding the applicable regulations."
"As its only response, FIFA sent a letter to the RBFA stating that it considered this correspondence to constitute an appeal, that a judge had been appointed, and that the RBFA had only a few hours to complete that appeal. No information whatsoever was provided by FIFA."
"All of this occurred while FIFA simultaneously refused to respond to the RBFAโs legitimate requests."
"Furthermore, during the match coordination meeting, FIFA deliberately removed the section concerning the automatic suspension of players from its presentation. This topic had nonetheless been part of all such meetings before each of the previous four matches. The RBFA questioned FIFA, both orally and in writing, about the reasons for this change, yet once again received no response."
"To be clear, as of this moment, the RBFA has still not received any decision or any explanation from FIFA regarding this matter. It therefore has no alternative but to challenge the player's eligibility for the upcoming match."
"Regardless of the sporting outcome of this match, the RBFA is deeply saddened by the course of events and will continue to fight in the coming hours, days and months in defence of the fundamental principles of ethics, fair competition, and the interests of football as a whole."
6 - Despite only coming on in the 75th minute, Dan Burn made the joint most clearances in England's 3-2 win over Mexico (6).
It's the most clearances made by a player subbed on that late into a World Cup game on record since 1966.
Butter.
Jude Bellingham is just the fourth England player in the last 60 years to reach 10+ goal contributions at major tournaments ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟโฝ๏ธ๐ ฐ๏ธ
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