England will face Slovakia in the round of 16 of Euro 2024

England's failure to beat Slovenia at Euro 2024 was more or less due to the poor performance shown by Jude Bellingham. The 20-year-old Real Madrid star footballer seemed to sink throughout the group phase of the 2024 European Cup. The three Lions faced Slovenia in matchday 3 Group C at RheinEnergieStadion, Cologne on Wednesday. In this match, Southgate fielded his strongest team from the start.

However, England's performance is still far from expectations, they also failed to break into the opponent's goal until the long whistle sounded. Luckily, Slovenia also only occasionally threatened Jordan Pickford's goal. This result was enough to bring England through to the last 16 as winners of Group C. This success was quite unique because Englisde side only won once and only scored twice. Bellingham was appointed as England's attack lead, however, his performance statistics against Slovenia could be said to be very bad. The Real Madrid midfielder was recorded as completely unable to create opportunities. Apart from that, Bellingham was also unable to get off a single shot, the striker was also recorded as not having made any successful passes into the heart of the Slovenian defense.

Of the passes given by Bellingham, only 12% were recorded going forward. He also recorded only 22% of wins in duels, the worst in his team. Bellingham was the English player who lost the ball the most (16 times) and was completely unable to make a successful tackle throughout the match. Bellingham started his work at Euro 2024 this time brilliantly, he scored England's 1-0 victory over Serbia with a powerful header following Bukayo Saka's cross.

However, Bellingham's good performance seemed to stop there. Of the three matches in the group phase, Bellingham was recorded as only being able to shoot one shot (which resulted in a goal versus Serbia). Not only that, of England's three matches in Group C, Bellingham was only able to create one chance. Of course, these statistics are sharply reversed by his reputation as one of the most dangerous attacking midfielders at the moment.

Luckily, England qualified for the round of 16 as winners of Group C. This means that Bellingham still has the opportunity to recover and find its best performance. The flamboyant forward can use the opportunity in this knockout phase to prove his quality after making an extraordinary contribution by creating 23 goals and 11 assists in 42 matches with Real Madrid in all competitions in the 2023/2024 season.

England and Bellingham are scheduled to play in the last 16 against Slovakia at the Veltins Arena on June 30.