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    Soccer News: Dortmund boss Rose says goodbye to “extraordinary” Bellingham

    Borussia Dortmund manager Marco Rose praised the “extraordinary” teenage sensation Jude Bellingham after the team’s 2-1 Champions League win at Besiktas.

    Bellingham opened the scoring against Turkish champions Besiktas on 20 minutes on Wednesday, before fielding Erling Haaland just before half-time as Dortmund kicked off their Group C season with three points.

    England international Bellingham (18 years, 78 days) has become the youngest player ever to score in consecutive Champions League games, beating Paris Saint-Germain’s Kylian Mbappe (18 years, 85 days in March 2017).

    18-year-old Bellingham also became the youngest Englishman to score away from home in the Champions League.

    “Jude is just a good guy. Anyway, “Rose said during her post-game press conference.

    His mentality, the desire to work for the team, the intensity with which he plays football, the desire to win and obviously the solutions he finds on the pitch.

    “The way he assists the second goal and scores the first is extraordinary. That’s why we are happy to have such a boy with us “.

    Dortmund maintained their 100% win record against a Turkish opposition in the Champions League, winning all five games by an aggregate score of 15-3 – their best record of 100% against teams from a specific nation in the competition.

    Since making his Champions League debut in September 2019, no player has scored more penalty-free goals in Haaland’s competition (18 – on a par with Bayern Munich’s Robert Lewandowski).

    After the midweek goal, Haaland scored against nine of 10 opponents he faced in the Champions League, but failed to find the bottom of the net against Manchester City.

    “It was a very difficult match for us,” added Rose. “The atmosphere was great here. Besiktas are an excellent team. The first 20 minutes played with more intensity than us. This has created problems for us. We changed the system and the goal helped us control the game a little bit better.

    “Then we scored the second goal just before half-time and then we played well in the second half. We weren’t able to score the third goal and Besiktas put a lot of pressure on us at the end. A great performance. A great team. That’s why we are very happy to have won here “.

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