Harry Kane has to decide carefully. England are a strong team even without Kane.
England will play the semifinals of Euro 2024 against the Netherlands at Dortmund Stadion in Dortmund, Germany on the 11th (Korea time). The winner of the match will face the winners of France and Spain in the final.
England, which reached the semifinals after many twists and turns, can reach the strongest level in Europe for the first time in the country's history if it wins two more times. He can also win a major tournament for the first time since the 1966 FIFA World Cup in his country.
There are still criticisms of Gareth Southgate's tactics, but England look very solid internally as a team. None of the players have expressed a critical opinion of Southgate.
England have a big problem in the upcoming match against the Netherlands. It's Kane. The stage is approaching where Kane can become weak. Kane, who is still unable to shake off the fate of irrelevant DNA, did not have an opportunity to break the terrible fate of irrelevance.
Even before moving to Bayern Munich, Kane had a strong temperament of 'new chest'. In Kane's Tottenham career, there have been a total of 11 semi-finals and finals where he can challenge for a major trophy. It was the quarterfinals eight times and the finals three times. In 11 chances that could have changed Kane's life, only two goals and one assist were possible. It is an uncharacteristic record that is considered the best striker in Tottenham and English Premier League (EPL) history.
It's the same in England uniforms. He became the top scorer at the 2018 FIFA World Cup, but was scoreless in the semifinals and the third and fourth place decisions. In the last Euro 2020, he scored one goal in the semifinals, but he had to settle for second place again as he remained silent in the final. He also scored one goal in the semifinals of the European Champions League (UCL), but it was a penalty goal. In the end, Kane was in danger of no involvement.
Superstars should sometimes be able to show their teams coming forward and winning when they are in trouble. It may be a harsh evaluation, but Kane has never shown that before. Kane also showed a silent performance in an important match because Tottenham and England were weak, so Kane was not involved.
In this competition, Tony's presence as a substitute is more evident than Kane. The British Telegraph reported on the 8th that `Kane scored two goals in five games, but he is only showing half of his usual performance with or without the ball. He scored 0 goals, 0 assists, 0 dribbles and 10 turnovers against Switzerland. Alan Shearer pointed out that Kane seems to be running in the voidHe claimed Kane did not appear to be beneficial to England.
The choice is up to Southgate. If Kane's physical condition is normal, he is likely to play against the Netherlands. In order for Kane to cut off the terrible fate of no officers who came to him, he needs to show himself leading difficult England to the final. Kane cannot avoid criticism if he is not involved again.
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