When Freddie Flintoff and the guy from Kaiser Chiefs gather to slaughter a 70’s classic in your honor, you know you’re in for a winner.
After a slow start to Euro 2020, Harry Kane proves that he is actually a goal machine at the international level and has the country that dreams that football can really be … well, you know the rest.
Let’s go back over some of the captain’s biggest hits by reliving every goal he’s scored in a major tournament.
Kane shoots in England’s opener / Robbie Jay Barratt – AMA / Getty Images
England looked like they were on their way to a flyer against Tunisia in the opening match for the 2018 World Cup.
Gareth Southgate’s team started with an admirable intensity and led after just 11 minutes. John Stones saw his head slammed out of Mouez Hassen, just so Kane could knock it in at the far end.
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However, England struggled to kill the game from there and stared down the barrel of a national embarrassment when Kyle Walker committed a clumsy foul in the area and allowed Ferjani Sassi to equalize.
It was a nervous second half from England, but with 90 minutes a day, Kane appeared with a nod on the back post to break Tunisian hearts.
Pints were thrown everywhere, and this was just the beginning.
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Today’s match (@BBCMOTD) July 13, 2018
England tore Panama apart in their second game and booked their passage to the 16-year-old clinically.
John Stones led them to an early lead, and the game was put over reasonable doubt 11 minutes later when Kane went up to shoot home a clinical penalty.
Kane beats his second from the spot / Allsport Co./Getty Images
The goals really did not end there.
England were in the mood, and Jesse Lingard fired a stunning before another Stones nod had them properly controlled before half-time.
And a five-star first half was covered when Kane stepped up from the penalty spot again.
Kane celebrates his third goal / Ian MacNicol / Getty Images
And then the hat trick was confirmed – but how much Kane knew about his third goal is much for discussion.
The captain looked as if he had inadvertently blocked Ruben Loftus-Cheek’s strike in goal, only to see the deflection with the wrong foot the desperate Panama goalkeeper and loop into the net.
They all count.
Kane scored from the spot again / JUAN MABROMATA / Getty Images
Kane went on to pick up the Golden Boot at the 2018 World Cup after his spot-kick against Colombia, on England’s path to a famous penalty win, put him on six for the competition.
However, that would be his last. He drew a plot in his quarter-final with Sweden, before England went out against Croatia in the semi-final.
SCENES!
Harry Kane puts England two-up against Germany! #SV 2-0 #GER
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Today’s match (@BBCMOTD) June 29, 2021
Kane was facing some serious criticism after his dramatically poor performance in the Euro 2020 group stage. But when it was time to face Germany at Wembley with a quarter-final on the line, he came up trump.
The emotional scenes that followed his late nod that put England 2-0 up and into the last eight will live long in the country’s memory.
SCENES!
Harry Kane puts England two against Germany! #SV 2-0 #GER
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Today’s match (@BBCMOTD) June 29, 2021
Only eight minutes of football separated Kane’s first goal in Euro 2020 with his second.
He started his quarter-final by looking like a man obsessed, and four minutes was barely on the clock when he was at the end of Raheem Sterling’s consistent ball to poke the ball past Georgiy Bushchan and get England off the mark.
Kane Leads One In The Lower Corner / Robbie Jay Barratt – AMA / Getty Images
And if there was any doubt about England’s references to the semi-final after Harry Maguire entered the second, Kane put them to bed just moments later.
Luke Shaw’s exquisite cross from the left asked to be finished. It would have been rude not to do so.
Kane knocks home the return after Kasper Schmeichel saved his penalty / Laurence Griffiths / Getty Images
With 60,000 access to Wembley for England’s semi-final clash with Denmark, there was a fantastic atmosphere as the pair fought for a place in the final against Italy.
With the match fine at 1-1 approaching half-time in extra time, Kane rose to the penalty spot after Raheem Sterling had been fouled in the area.
The England captain surprisingly missed his spot kick, but Kasper Schmeichel could not make his effort in safety and he swung home the return to lose his tenth tournament goal for the Three Lions.
