Jude Bellingham takes roof off the Bernabéu – and it’s love at first sight | Sid Lowe

Madrid midfielder can do no wrong after scoring the winner on his home debut – he is a man in command of all he sees

There were 66,747 people at the Santiago Bernabéu for Jude Bellingham’s home debut on Saturday and all of them fit neatly into his pocket. They had seen this before – in every game he had played, in fact – but not quite like this, not right there in front of them, under their roof. He was 94 minutes into his first game in his new, recently-renovated place, this giant silver spaceship landed on the Castellana, it was 1-1, Getafe had built a wall in their way and time was running out, but the moment was coming. Of course it was: they’re Real Madrid and he, he is Jude Bellingham.

And Jude Bellingham is inevitable.

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