Five stars: how Jude Bellingham justified the hype

Can Jude Bellingham end a historic debut season at Real Madrid with Champions League glory against Dortmund?

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00:00It's the greatest football club in the history of the game and not many players

00:04get the opportunity to play at such a brilliant club, such a historic club.

00:09You want to be one of the players that adds to it and continues to make the club the greatest.

00:12I'm more critical than anybody and I know you guys see the game in a slightly different way,

00:34but I just try and help the team on any given day, do whatever role it takes,

00:38even if it means that maybe I have to sacrifice myself a little bit for the team at times.

00:42I'm willing to do it every single time.

00:48I've said in many interviews how much I admire Zinedine Zidane and the legacy he has in the

00:54club and with this number, I'm not trying to be the same as him, I'm just trying to be Jude.

00:58I'm trying to have my own path and maybe extend the legacy of the number instead of

01:03trying to reach his.

01:12He's a Zidane with power, certainly a bit less gifted in his first touch when Zidane,

01:22but he's more goal scorer and he's a kind of false rose who glides through with power

01:28without looking to make an effort.

01:31Difficult to make success like this in one year at this kind of club, very, very difficult.

01:42I think it's a bit of a fairy tale kind of ending to a great season, you know,

01:53being back home in England, playing against Dortmund, obviously,

01:56a lot of factors for me that can make it perhaps a little bit emotional.

01:59It will be nice to meet Jude because he's a good guy, very great guy, but on the pitch,

02:06you know, we think just about the winning for our club, for our team.

02:13I know how strong Jude is and I know his personality pretty much.

02:17So he's an amazing player, amazing character, and of course,

02:22he will do everything to win that final.

02:24For the game, I have to try and take that out of it and focus on the absolute

02:29plan of the game as opposed to the other little things.