{"id":292270,"date":"2023-10-19T18:45:17","date_gmt":"2023-10-19T18:45:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/?p=292270"},"modified":"2023-10-19T18:45:17","modified_gmt":"2023-10-19T18:45:17","slug":"micah-richards-claims-bellingham-was-outshone-by-a-premier-league-star","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/soccer\/micah-richards-claims-bellingham-was-outshone-by-a-premier-league-star\/","title":{"rendered":"Micah Richards claims Bellingham was outshone by a Premier League star"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Micah Richards claims Jude Bellingham was outshone by a Premier League star in the opening stages of England&#8217;s 3-1 win over Italy<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>England booked their ticket to next year&#8217;s European Championship against Italy<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Jude Bellingham turned in another starring performance for Southgate&#8217;s side\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><span>Listen to the latest episode of Mail Sport&#8217;s podcast &#8216;It&#8217;s All Kicking Off!&#8217;<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Micah Richards singled out a suprise name for praise in England&#8217;s 3-1 victory over Italy that clinched EURO 2024 qualification at Wembley on Tuesday night.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Jude Bellingham continued his incredible run of form with two assists &#8211; one for a resurgent Marcus Rashford &#8211; while Harry Kane grabbed a brace on his first home international as a Bayern Munich\u00a0player.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Gareth Southgate&#8217;s side mounted an impressive comeback after former West Ham striker Gianluca Scamacca gave the visitors a 15th minute lead but it&#8217;s in these early exchanges, where the Italians enjoyed some of their brightests moments, that Richards highlighted one of their key performers.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The EURO 2020 champions were much changed from the outfit that beat England on penalties two summer&#8217;s ago, fit with a host of different starters and a new manager.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Richards reckoned that Tottenham\u00a0full-back Destiny Udogie was the outstanding performer and even outshone Bellingham early on.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/18\/13\/76704469-12644601-image-a-15_1697630470299.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Sky Sports pundit Micah Richards was keen to single out the Premier League starlet for praise\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/18\/13\/76704503-12644601-image-a-16_1697630474003.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>20-year-old Tottenham left-back Destiny Udogie recieved his second international cap\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/18\/13\/76704563-12644601-image-a-17_1697630680080.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Bellingham (left) and Kane (right) starred as England qualified for next summer&#8217;s EUROs<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I thought Udogie the Spurs left-back, before he got his yellow card,&#8217; he said on The Rest Is Football podcast. &#8216;I thought he was outstanding.\u00a0He was their threat down that left hand side.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;He\u2019s only 20, they got him a couple of seasons ago, got him on loan and sent him back on. He was, until he got his yellow card, the best player on the pitch.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>The former Udinese defender was making just his second international appearance following his debut in Italy&#8217;s 4-0 win against Malta on Saturday. He&#8217;s been an instant hit at club level for Ange Postecoglou&#8217;s table-toppers and has started all eight Premier League games.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Tuesday&#8217;s result sees Italy fall to third in the Group C standings, three points behind Ukraine, who they face on the final matchday, with a game in hand.\u00a0<\/p>\n<h3>IT&#8217;S ALL KICKING OFF!\u00a0<\/h3>\n<p><span><span>It&#8217;s All Kicking Off is an exciting new podcast from Mail Sport that promises a different take on Premier League football.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span>It is available on MailOnline, Mail+, YouTube, Apple Music and Spotify.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/article-12644601\/Micah-Richards-claims-Jude-Bellingham-outshone-Premier-League-star-opening-stages-Englands-3-1-win-Italy.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Micah Richards claims Jude Bellingham was outshone by a Premier League star in the opening stages of England&#8217;s 3-1 win over Italy England booked their <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/soccer\/micah-richards-claims-bellingham-was-outshone-by-a-premier-league-star\/\" title=\"Micah Richards claims Bellingham was outshone by a Premier League star\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":292269,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - 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