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Tuchel Calls Out Bellingham Behavior

ESPN FC

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Sports, Soccer

4.22.5K Ratings

🗓️ 16 November 2025

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Summary

The FC crew react to Thomas Tuchel's comments on Jude Bellingham's reaction to being subbed off vs Albania. Plus, the guys break down Ireland's last minute winner to qualify for the UEFA World Cup qualifying playoffs. Colin Udoh also joins the show to analyze Congo DR qualifying for the FIFA inter-confederation playoffs. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Hello everyone and welcome into the latest edition of ESPNFC.

0:08.0

I'm Alexis Nunes alongside Casey Keller and Craig Burley.

0:11.0

We're going to start things off with UEFA qualifiers.

0:14.0

England were in action against Albania and they won that match.

0:18.0

They stay perfect and topped their group to qualify for the World Cup. But it's not the result that we're talking about after that game. Instead, it's the fact that Jude Bellingham got subbed off in the 84th minute and he was not happy and let it be known. And this is what Thomas Tuchel had to say about it after the game. He said, I saw that Jude Bellingham was not happy when he came off.

0:38.3

I don't want to make more out of it, but I stick to my words.

0:41.3

Behavior is key and respect towards the teammates who came in.

0:46.3

Decisions are made and you have to accept it as a player.

0:50.3

Well, at this moment, let's welcome in the other member of our team.

0:53.3

Frank LeBuff is joining us for this one, looking very intelligent with his specs. But Craig, what did you make of the Jude Bellingham reaction and, of course, what Thomas Tuchel said. And that's difficult for Frank to do. Yeah. You miss his Halloween costume, don't you? No.

1:06.3

I think Jude Bellingham's got to have a look at himself in terms of

1:12.4

the qualification campaign was well and truly over some time ago

1:18.8

this game was over

1:20.2

he has missed a chunk of the season with injury anyway

1:24.5

I think Thomas Tucker was doing him in favour for Real Madrid in a sense.

1:30.1

Every box was ticked.

1:33.4

It's not like England's qualification was hanging in the balance.

1:37.6

And somebody was going to have a big moment like Troy Parrott had for Ireland.

1:42.4

That wasn't there.

1:43.5

That's when you got annoyed as a player, when you want to be out there to get that your team your teammates over the line to have that big moment that we know he can do that's when you get annoyed as a player if you're a striker or whatever you are you get taken off you think my god I could have made the difference there was no difference to be made here this was just a substitution to give him a little rest at the end of the game 4th minute too

2:04.8

yeah and I think this just shows the pettiness that has crept in more and more to judd billing him it's

2:13.5

not all about him right and whether you agree with what thomas tuckel says or not about him and

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