£88.5m superstar and a midfield maestro, bounces back from Rangers heartbreak in monumental Wembley triumph

£88.5m superstar and a midfield maestro, bounces back from Rangers heartbreak in monumental Wembley triumph

Jude Bellingham played Rangers for Borussia Dortmund when he was maybe a youngster.

However, the endearing midfielder for England made a lasting impression on Rangers supporters for reasons beyond his exploits during that historic 2022 Europa League match.

Rangers memorably defeated Jude Bellingham‘s Borussia Dortmund team, who was favored to win the tournament, to provide Giovanni van Bronckhorst with the game-changing confidence that propelled the team to Seville.

Even though Rangers lost, allegations about Bellingham’s handling of his underachievers in Dortmund have now gone viral.

It seemed only fitting that the well-liked 20-year-old would be facing his old team in his first Champions League Final at Real Madrid.

And the Englishman just contributed to the greatest team in Champions League history winning the competition for the fifteenth time.

Bellingham helps Real Madrid to #15

Jude Bellingham and Dortmund made it to the final 16 of the Champions League the next season, having lost to Rangers in the Europa League elimination playoff.

The Germans lost to Chelsea in the league championship game as well, as they blew it on the last day.

It preempted Bellingham’s £88.5 million summer move to the Bernabéu, and Dortmund versus Real Madrid was the only team playing in the Champions League Final this season.

Real Madrid’s redesigned squad under Carlo Ancelotti possesses the ideal balance of exceptional youth talent with unwavering elite level experience.

They have the poise of Toni Kroos, Luka Modric, and Dani Carvajal behind them, along with the dynamic of Bellingham, Vinicius Jr., and Rodrygo.

Dortmund showed that they could compete in the first half, but a series of squandered opportunities eventually caught up with them, and with about 15 minutes remaining, Dani Carvajal broke hearts in Germany.

The Spanish right-back leaped to his highest point to head in a corner, and Vini Jr. sealed Madrid’s 15th European victory after Ian Maatsen, a former target of Rangers, slipped.

Bellingham won 2-0 that evening and also collected the Champions League, his first-ever European triumph.

We are confident that every Real Madrid player will always remember that Wembley event.

From Rangers low to Real Madrid high

Rangers fans have kept an eye on Jude Bellingham’s progress ever since the club faced Borussia Dortmund.

Across the two Europa League legs, Bellingham impressed Gers fans with not only his on-pitch quality but how the young professional handled himself off the park.

Bellingham claimed that he ‘couldn’t wait to play at Ibrox’ following the famous 4-2 Rangers win in Germany.

A clip of Bellingham exclaiming ‘what a gaff’ when emerging from the tunnel Ibrox Stadium also went viral at the time of the Europa League clash.

Bellingham also has a broadcasting relationship with one Ally McCoist.

The attacking midfielder would score goals in both legs against Rangers and Ibrox fans knew football had something special on their hands in the shape of the young Englishman.

Now a Champions League winner for Real Madrid, as we enter a new era of football we suspect Jude Bellingham is a name we begin to hear more and more every day.

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