England has been drawn against World Champion France in Quaterfinals of the FIFA World Cup in Qatar
England star , Jude Bellingham has described England as having a “fearlessness” that makes them relish taking on World Cup holders France on Saturday, insisting they are unafraid of taking on any team in the competition.
The Three Lions will face the Les Bleus in the quarter-finals after victory over Senegal where Bellingham put his mark on the tournament with a match winning box-to-box performance.
The Borussia Dortmund midfielder, 19, will compete with Real Madrid’s Aurélien Tchouaméni at Al-Bayt Stadium in five days with conviction England can be successful regardless of their opponents.
“We’re getting to that point now, confidence-wise, we think that we can try and take on anyone,” said Bellingham.
“That’s important when we’re playing because we play with a fearlessness especially as young boys, we don’t really care about who we’re playing against”
“For Bukayo (Saka), it’s really [good] again to see him score, it shows that the manager can pick any of the attacking players and they’ll all deliver and even that, for us is brilliant. So, long may it continue.
“Mbappe is a brilliant player, one of the top two, three, possibly one in the world so to test myself against him and the rest of the other quality players will be a pleasure and we’re looking forward to the game.”
Bellingham set up Jordan Henderson’s opening goal against Senegal, then broke forward on the counter-attack as Harry Kane scored the second, with Bukayo Saka adding the third.
On Henderson’s goal, Bellingham said: “I knew that once I had seen a bit of white in my periphery, it could be any of the boys there and all I had to do was put it in a good position and he’s done all the hard work to put it away
