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Bellingham steers Three Lions through tricky test

- JEREMY CROSS

JUDE BELLINGHAM served notice to the rest of Europe - even if England didn't.

Bellingham's first-half goal was enough to see off Serbia and make it a winning start for the three Lions.

The Real Madrid star continued to enhance his status as one of the new golden boys of world football, becoming only the second Englishman to score at a World Cup and Euros before the age of 21.

Hey Jude, is there nothing you can't do?

But while Bellingham's brilliance had supporters jumping off the sofa back home, England did little else to leave their main rivals in Germany hiding behind one.

Because in a place known as the 'City of a Thousand Fires, England's threatened to rage, before burning out to nothing.

The likes of Germany, Spain, Italy and Holland had all made strong starts, piling the pressure on England to do the same.