Harry Kane ready to help England move on from all those oh-so-nears | Nick Ames

Harry Kane ready to help England move on from all those oh-so-nears | Nick Ames

06-Jul-2021 21:30:14 | Guardian

Heartbreaking what-if moments blight English football but striker is determined to put that right against Denmark

Harry Kane is right: with any England reckoning there comes a “moment”, usually a what-if, that gnaws away at the consciousness for years. Semi-finals have bitten the hardest, whether the abiding picture is Chris Waddle ballooning over in Turin, Gareth Southgate letting Andreas Köpke throw his cap on the ball six years later or, a few minutes before that, Paul Gascoigne cursing the length of his studs.

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