Both players had brought two of their shirts with them, with Bellingham giving one of his to Vinicius and the other to Rodrygo – who he also plays alongside at the Bernabeu.
Bellingham looked a little perplexed about who Vinicius’ second shirt was for and asked the Brazilian, who replied that it was for Rice, who presumably asked for the jersey when they were on the pitch.
A member of England’s backroom team then took the shirt back to the home dressing room while Bellingham walked towards the Brazil changing room, sharing a handshake, a hug and a brief chat with Rodrygo.
Reacting to the defeat, Bellingham wrote on social media: ‘Always a pleasure to put on an England shirt and play at Wembley. Unlucky with the result but more motivation for Tuesday.’
England are in action again on Tuesday evening against Belgium, who are rated number four in the world, and Three Lions boss Gareth Southgate is already looking forward to the match.
He said: ‘Belgium have played a different 11 probably, or close to, so they’re going to be a bit fresher. But similar to (Brazil) we’re talking about a high-level game, brilliant experience for the players, a chance to see new players again, build towards the summer.
‘I’m not disappointed with the level of performance. I know in the end when you lose the game then there will always be a negative reaction to losing.
‘But my thought was, with 15 minutes to go given all the changes that we’d made, I thought the crowd was already with the team.
‘They could see a lot of young players going in and doing well, a lot of very inexperienced players going in and doing well, so I’m not down on the performance of the team at all.’
