England’s 2-0 win against Panama<\/a>the 22 year-old’s performance has a similar feel to it.<\/p>\nTuchel has been firm in stating his system and approach will largely look the same throughout the tournament but on Saturday we saw subtle tweaks, with injuries in the squad. <\/p>\n
Bellingham was central to maximising this system, papering over some of the cracks in the meantime. <\/p>\n
It was a tale of two halves for Bellingham who was deployed in a more box-to-box role in Declan Rice\u2019s absence.<\/p>\n
In their first two games, England opted to build from the back with the two central defenders and Elliott Anderson in the centre of the pitch. Both full-backs took wider positions with Rice and Bellingham vacating the holding midfield areas for Harry Kane to drop in and join Anderson.<\/p>\n
This shape differed against Panama.<\/p>\n
Jarell Quansah came in at right-back for the injured Reece James and was asked to slot into a back three in possession – alongside Marc Guehi and Ezri Konsa. Nico O’Reilly kept his roaming left-back role. <\/p>\n
Instead of Kane dropping deep, Bellingham was tasked with supporting Anderson at the base of midfield and England’s shape on the ball loosely flipped between a 3-2-5 and a 3-1-6 depending on how Bellingham read the game. <\/p>\n
After the game, Tuchel confirmed his intentions, explaining that Bellingham “played as a 10 when we had the ball” and that he wanted “to have six players in the last line” – likely in an attempt to outnumber Panama’s back five. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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