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Ghana manager Carlos Queiroz accused England star Jude Bellingham of sparking a heated confrontation between the teams during their FIFA World Cup draw. The former Manchester United coach alleged that the Real Madrid midfielder escalated tensions on the touchline with a profanity-laced outburst.. . . . England left Tuesday’s game feeling disappointed in Group L after securing just a single point against Ghana. The Three Lions were unable to penetrate a compact defensive setup in their second match of the competition.. Following a challenge on Jerome Opoku near the technical areas that went unpunished, Bellingham became involved in a heated altercation with opposition players and argued with a Ghana staff member. Queiroz took exception to the situation and delivered an angry barrage of words toward Bellingham while being restrained by his own staff.. -Credit:Simon M Bruty, Getty Images. “He had a bad reaction with some bad names,” Queiroz claimed, via The Mirror. “My intention was to tell him to cool down with that tackle.. . . . “He went with his foot against my player. But my first goal was to cool down because I was worried that the player was not in 100% health.. “In the middle of the emotional moment, these things are normal. He swears and that created more tension. It’s football, it’s nothing special. One word created a bit of fire but we cooled down. Football is not dancing in a saloon with tuxedos. It’s not a show.”. Bellingham downplayed the confrontation after the final whistle. The 22-year-old indicated both sides were simply displaying their competitive spirit.. To listen to the latest episode of ‘All Out Soccer’ – CLICK HERE. . . . “It was just when I made a silly tackle, to be honest,” Bellingham said. “I was trying to try to win the ball, and I followed through a little bit and caught the lad. I spoke to him after, and then their bench jumped up trying to get me a yellow card.. “I think their manager [Queiroz] I just recognized him. He’s obviously the one who used to be at Manchester United, so great respect, and nothing but a competitive edge for both of us.”. England boss Thomas Tuchel backed Bellingham and said he was merely defending himself. He said: “I could not see any red card for us today, it was difficult to get a rhythm out of this. Nobody got under our skin.. “Jude stood up for himself and for us as a team. We were calm at half-time, to going. You cannot fall asleep for one second.. . . . “It was an incident you saw, the emotion of the moment was normal in football. He swears and it created more tension, it was nothing special.”
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