In particular, as Kane went down to the defensive midfielder position in the match against Ukraine on the 10th and scored a fantastic assist, there are many praise for Kane again.
Kane contributed to a 1-1 draw against Ukraine at the UEFA Euro 2024 at Wrocław Tarkinski Arena in Poland on the 10th, helping Kyle Walker's equalizer in the 41st minute of the first half. On the same day, England was dragged away by giving up the first goal to Ukrainian defender Oleksandr Zinchenko, who plays for Arsenal, but took a breather with Kane's brilliant long pass.
With 13 points in England, he took the lead alone, beating Ukraine (seven points), which played one less game. Italy has four points in three matches. England's Kane, who almost went down to the final defender position, hit a 40-meter mid-range pass to Walker on the right side of the penalty area. Walker finished it, turning the game back to square one and eventually winning one point.
Kane was actually embroiled in a lot of gossip ahead of the Ukraine match. After attending a press conference a day before the match, he briefly revealed the background of his transfer to Germany's most prestigious Bayern Munich, which caused anger among Tottenham fans. Kane, who was with England national team coach Gareth Southgate at the conference, confessed that he was heartbroken as he watched his national team teammates win.
Kane said, "As a competitor, my teammates play in the Champions League, while I would be lying if I didn't say it hurt my heart when I sat at home watching it," adding, "Of course I want them to do well." Walker and his teammates won the competition I didn't play in. But on one side of me, I want to have that experience, too."
Walker played for Tottenham and moved to Manchester City, where he achieved a treble by winning both the UEFA Champions League, the English Premier League and the FA Cup last season.
Kane went on to say, "I don't know if the expression 'jealousy' is right when I see other teammates on the national team who have done this, but it motivates me and moves forward to get the trophies they have."
Kane also said he is enjoying the pressure of the "winning mentality" in Munich. "There is a different pressure than I felt in Tottenham," he said. "Of course, I wanted to win in Tottenham as well. But not winning a few games wasn't a disaster for Tottenham," he said.
"In Munich, you have to win every game. We won the first two games 4-0, 3-1, but we're still not happy with the way we play. That's one of the ways to be one of the best clubs in the world. But we got off to a good start and are enjoying a variety of emotions. "That's one of the reasons I wanted to transfer," he said.
Kane, who started playing for Tottenham in 2004, including his youth, left the club where he spent a long time when he moved to Munich on August 12. According to reports from German and British media, the transfer fee is known to be up to 120 million pounds (about 202.9 billion won).
Kane scored the most goals in the club's history, scoring 280 goals and 64 assists in 435 games in Tottenham's. He also scored 213 goals in the Premier League alone, ranking second in his career, and decided to move abroad even though he could surpass the record of Alan Shearer (260 goals), the most goals scored in the Premier League history.
The trophy had a big impact on Kane's departure from the Premier League and Tottenham to Munich, as he said in an interview. Kane is a world-class soccer player without a doubt, but he has never won a major tournament since his professional debut, so he is also famous as a player who does not have a trophy.
Kane, who started playing in Tottenham's first team in 2013, has been runner-up four times so far. Both League Cups (2014/15, 2020/21 seasons) were runners-up, and in the 2018/19 season they reached the UEFA Champions League final but lost to Liverpool. In the 2016/17 season, he finished second in the Premier League.
The attendance also continued for the England national football team. Kane also reached the final at the 2020 UEFA European Championships, but lost to Italy after a penalty shootout and remained in second place again.
Following the continued absence of spectators, Kane, who entered his 30s, was forced to move to Munich to raise the trophy before retiring as Tottenham finished eighth in the league last season and was unable to play in the European competition. As soon as Kane moved, he participated in the 2023 DFL (German Football League)-Super Cup against RB Leipzig on the 13th of last month and challenged his first career trophy, but failed to win as his team was completely defeated 0-3.
However, since the opening of the Bundesliga, he has scored three goals and one assist in three league games, leading the team to three consecutive wins, challenging his 12th consecutive Bundesliga title with Munich.
In that situation, Kane's interview made many Tottenham fans uncomfortable. Kane claimed that he was heartbroken because he couldn't win while he was at Tottenham, but fans insisted that it was Kane who was silent with only one step left until the championship.
Kane played a total of three tournament finals (two League Cups and one Champions League) while at Tottenham, as fans claimed, and although he started all three finals, he did not lead the team to the championship with 0 goals and 0 assists. In the European Championship final against Italy, he started and played full time for 120 minutes, including overtime, but remained silent.
BY: 토토