Even on a team with Kylian Mbappé and Vinícius Júnior, Bellingham is the player always in the middle of Real Madrid's biggest moments in the Champions League. The England international won the coveted Champions League trophy in his debut season with Los Blancos and now is pulling the strings to help his side mount a successful title defense.

The Royal Spanish Football Federation issued a two-game ban to Real Madrid midfielder Jude Bellingham for verbally abusing a referee, the governing body for soccer in the country announced Wednesday.