Florida, July 12 -- England midfielder Jude Bellingham defended his teammates after head coach Thomas Tuchel criticised the team's performance despite their 2-1 extra-time victory over Norway in the FIFA World Cup 2026 quarterfinals, according to Sky Sports.

Tuchel had admitted after the match that England were fortunate to progress and said the Three Lions needed to improve ahead of the semifinals.

"We made life very, very difficult for ourselves today. The result is fantastic - we're in the last four - but I'm not happy with the performance. We got lucky today. We need to play better. We will get better, we need to get better," Tuchel said after the match, as quoted by FIFA.

Reacting to those remarks, Bellingham acknowledged the dema...