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England star Jude Bellingham has been caught giving Argentina player Valentin Barco a slap after his side\u2019s World Cup semi-final loss.<\/p>\n
Bellingham carried England<\/strong> during most of this summer\u2019s World Cup, but he was pretty ineffective in the semi-final loss to Argentina on Wednesday night.<\/p>\n Argentina\u2019s players were clearly tasked with trying to rattle Bellingham<\/strong> during the semi-final, because the world-class midfielder was kicked and shoved on numerous occasions during a tetchy opening half.<\/p>\n Thankfully for England, Bellingham kept his head and avoided getting sent off, but they still ultimately lost the semi-final.<\/p>\n Anthony Gordon converted a sublime cross by Morgan Rogers to give England the lead after 55 minutes, but Thomas Tuchel\u2019s side were poor after going ahead and lost their lead in stoppage time.<\/p>\n READ: England player ratings vs Argentina as Jude Bellingham, Declan Rice flop but Djed Spence sparkles<\/strong><\/p>\n Tuchel arguably went defensive too early and invited pressure on his side, and England eventually caved to lose 2-1 via goals by Enzo Fernandez and Lautaro Martinez.<\/p>\n It was a tense game throughout and there were also ugly scenes after the match, with Bellingham involved in an incident with Barco.<\/p>\n Barco, who appears set to join Chelsea from Strasbourg this summer, celebrated with Argentina teammates in front of Bellingham, who responded by slapping the defender on the back of the head.<\/p>\nJude Bellingham caught slapping Valentin Barco<\/h2>\n
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