England team was criticized despite winning against Serbia, is there anything wrong?

"England only has Jude Bellingham and nothing else!", Mail Sport quoted the assessment from Marca (Spain). Meanwhile, L'Équipe (France) even gave an England player only 3/10 points. "This was a very hard-fought victory for England against Serbia. Therefore, it is not surprising that they were criticized by the whole of Europe," wrote Mail Sport .

Coach Southgate (small photo, right) will still have a lot of work to do with the England team.

England started their EURO 2024 journey as the number 1 candidate for the championship. In the opening match against Serbia in Group C, the "Three Lions" roared early with a 1-0 opening goal scored by young star Jude Bellingham after a powerful header from a pass by Bukayo Saka.

However, after that, coach Southgate's team let the opponent control the game and freely bombard goalkeeper Pickford's goal. Only luck helped them maintain a 1-0 win to earn the first 3 points.

The performance of the England team therefore failed to convince the European press. L'Équipe newspaper gave defender John Stones only 3 points out of 10. While Marca newspaper commented: "Without Jude Bellingham's goal, the England team would have been a disjointed collective."

Jude Bellingham is also the first player in Europe to participate in all three major tournaments including EURO 2024, World Cup 2022 and EURO 2020 before turning 21.

Jude Bellingham was the only bright spot for England in his debut at EURO 2024.

L'Équipe also gave striker Harry Kane just 5/10 points for his weak performance. Similarly, Phil Foden, Marc Guehi and Kieran Trippier were also average, while goalkeeper Jordan Pickford and defender Kyle Walker were only given 6/10 points despite England keeping a clean sheet.

Meanwhile, BILD (Germany) and Mundo Deportivo (Spain) said: "To win EURO 2024, the England team needs to show a different and more positive face in the next matches. So far, people have only seen two bright candidates: Germany and Spain. We are still waiting to see how the remaining candidate, the French team, will perform."

Despite the criticism, England still have some bright spots, including the talent of Jude Bellingham, or defender Trent Alexander-Arnold in a new role in midfield with accurate crosses or set pieces. Striker Saka also played well, making a difference in attack.

Both Saka and Alexander-Arnold were given 6/10 scores by L'Équipe , while Jude Bellingham was the highest rated player with 7 points.

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