{"id":9200,"date":"2025-06-22T11:22:15","date_gmt":"2025-06-22T11:22:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/?p=9200"},"modified":"2025-06-22T11:22:15","modified_gmt":"2025-06-22T11:22:15","slug":"jobe-bellingham-first-borussia-dortmund-goal-surreal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/?p=9200","title":{"rendered":"Jobe Bellingham: First Borussia Dortmund goal ‘surreal’"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Jun 21, 2025, 08:14 PM ET<\/span><\/p>\n

Jobe Bellingham said his first goal for Borussia Dortmund was a surreal experience as the new signing from Sunderland made an immediate impact at the Club World Cup on Saturday.<\/p>\n

Bellingham scored the third goal in Dortmund’s 4-3 win over South Africa’s Mamelodi Sundowns at TQL Stadium and was named man-of-the-match at the end of the Group F encounter.<\/p>\n

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“It’s a little bit surreal really when the ball hits in the net, it’s just crazy,” the 19-year-old said.<\/p>\n

“Everything happened so slowly but yeah I’m really pleased.”<\/p>\n

It was a second run out, but first start, for Bellingham since his move from Sunderland to the Bundesliga giants, where he will look to follow in his elder brother Jude’s footsteps.<\/p>\n

Jobe’s goal was smartly taken although the Sundowns goalkeeper palmed the ball straight at him. But Bellingham avoided an attempted block by a defender, and sent the keeper the wrong way, by cleverly holding his shot for a split second.<\/p>\n

Jobe Bellingham is following in his brother’s footsteps at Borussia Dortmund.\u00a0FEDERICO PARRA\/AFP via Getty Images<\/p>\n

Bellingham said it had been a hard assignment in the midday sun in Ohio, where the temperature was 90 degrees Fahrenheit.<\/p>\n

“I think the conditions make it so difficult, especially for us being a European team. They [Sundowns] played a fantastic game but I’m sure they’re used to this kind of weather, but we definitely aren’t.<\/p>\n

“But it’s something we are going to have to adapt to as the tournament goes on.”<\/p>\n

Bellingham said he was happy to be playing so soon after signing a five-year deal for what reports said was a \u20ac33 million ($37.70 million) deal.<\/p>\n

“The lads have really helped me settle in and it’s been a different experience because rather than signing and then having a summer off, I’ve got an opportunity to meet everyone and get to grips with how we play and how the coach wants us to play as a team.”<\/p>\n

Coach Niko Kovac said he was delighted with the form of Bellingham.<\/p>\n

“He is among those who are the future of this club,” the Dortmund boss said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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