Harry Kane of England celebrates victory by taking selfie photogrpahs with fans after the 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia Round of 16 match between Colombia and England at Spartak Stadium on July 3, 2018 in Moscow, Russia. (Photo by Clive Rose/Getty Images)
MOSCOW, July 7, 2018 - “We can’t wait to start,” said Harry Kane during an interview with the media, expressing his eagerness to compete. England’s captain Kane mentioned they had focused on penalty training. He said, “It’s been tough because for the last 50 years we haven’t won anything. We’re our own team and our own identity.”
In the stadium, most England fans were wearing Kane’s jersey; they were shouting out his name, hoping England’s youngest captain could carry the team forward. Kane carried the football to the penalty spot. The broadcast switched to the stands; a young England fan was holding a sign, which said, “Kane score a goal.”
The football was shot to the middle of the goal, as easy as it looked. Kane did not disappoint England fans. He scored six goals in three matches, leading the Golden Boot race.
The match was about to start penalty shootout, making people think of the 1998 England World Cup team. The captain of that team was also a striker, Alan Shearer. People associate their best memories about football with that team, but those boys lost to the Argentina in the penalty shootout.
20 years later, Kane changed the history.
Living in the last century
On June 18th, England had its first World Cup game in the group stage against Tunisia. In the 33rd minute, Kyle Walker committed an unnecessary foul in the penalty area. The referee blew his whistle and pointed to the penalty spot.
The entire England team surrounded the referee, arguing. However, the person who should represent the team at this moment, captain Kane, just quietly stood alone, watching everything happening.
Is he capable of being the captain?
British reporters have described Kane as an outlier. He has a quiet personality; he does not smoke or drink; he does not go to clubs; and he likes to eat vegetable and fruits.
Few reporters claim they truly know Kane, because Kane likes to keep some distance. However, he is one of the few players who are willing to get interviewed in the mixed zone after the games, no matter what the outcome of the game is. If a reporter stopped him, he would just answer every question. However, Kane does not try to do this to expose himself in front of the media. Instead, he thinks it is not polite to say no to somebody. British reporters have said, “Kane is living in the last century.”
Swearing on daughter’s life for Golden Boot
Kane persists in one thing on the field, scoring goals.
At the beginning of the 2014-2015 season, Kane reached his first peak in his career. He became one of the hottest strikers in the Premier League. He was one of the top two scorers in the league four seasons in a row, scoring more than 20 goals in a season. He has also defended his Golden Boot once. Last season, the battle between Mohamed Salah and Kane for the Golden Boot was heated. During the match between Stoke City and Tottenham Hotspur, Christian Eriksen scored a free kick goal, but the ball slightly touched Kane’s shoulder on its way to the goal. However, the Premier League counted the goal on Eriksen. Kane was extremely unhappy about the ruling.
Kane was furious about the miscounted goal, seeking support from everywhere. He even said, “I swear on my daughter's life that I touched the ball.” People consider his actions as selfish, and Kane received many criticisms.
What Kane did is worth discussing, but people who are obsessed with one thing may be somewhat paranoid or even silly. Kane’s obsession with scoring is what England needs mostly, which is also why he was named the captain of the team.
The former England captain, legendary Alan Shearer commented on Kane, “Harry is not a fist-pumper, and he does not shout or scream, but another part of that role is to be the man you can rely on to produce something special when the team needs it.”
Scoring more goals is how Kane understands the responsibility of a captain. Maybe this is why Kane did not argue with the referee during the game against Tunisia. Instead, he scored the game’s winning goal in stoppage time.
England have made it to the quarterfinals, and Kane has scored three penalties in regular time. During the shootout against Columbia, he scored the first penalty. After David Beckham, Steven Gerrard and Frank Lampard, Kane became the first captain who ended England’s penalty curse.
Released by Arsenal, a star in Tottenham
Kane mentioned that the biggest twist in his career happened when he was eight years old. He was released by Arsenal’s youth academy. Kane was born in Chingford in North East London. There was a lawn in a park behind where he lived. Everyday after school, Kane would play football with his father and brother. That was Kane’s best childhood memory.
One day when Kane walked to the park with his father, his father told him, “Well, Harry … Arsenal have released you.” In the United Kingdom, being able to send your children to top clubs’ youth academy is something that most parents could not do. After Kane’s father realized Kane was released, he did not criticize Kane. He did not criticize Arsenal. He did not seem bothered by it at all. He just said, “Don’t worry, Harry. We’ll work harder — and we’ll go on and we’ll find another club, alright?”
Being released by Arsenal motivated Kane a lot. He then got the opportunity to try out at Watford, and he played well during the game against Tottenham. Then he was able to try out at Tottenham. Kane at age of 20 was able to train with Tottenham’s first team. However, playing for Tottenham did not help him reach his peak immediately. Few seasons after 2011, he was loaned to teams that were not in the Premier League, such as Leyton Orient, Millwall, Norwich City and Leicester City.
In Leicester City, Kane could not fit in the team, and he felt discouraged. He even thought, if he could not play in the EFL Championship, how could he play for Tottenham in the Premier League.
However, Kane was not abandoned by his life. Kane fell in love with the National Football League in the United States. He liked to play Madden, which is an NFL video game, or watch some highlights of the New England Patriots. One day he came across a documentary about Patriots’ quarterback Tom Brady. At the beginning of the film, it showed Brady was selected 199th overall in the sixth round of the 2000 NFL Draft by the Patriots. Brady was half naked on the scale for weight measure. Some people were laughing at him, because Brady looked like a teenager who had never been to the gym.
Kane’s situation back then was just like Brady’s. Kane was motivated once again. He returned to Tottenham after that season ended, and he told André Villas-Boas, former Tottenham manager, “I’m gonna prove to you that I should be starting on this team. And you can tell me every Friday before the game that I don’t deserve that, and that I’m not going to play. And that’s fine. But I don’t want to go.”
God will never favor one person for life. You need to chase your dream on your own.
Attention to details helping Kane chase Messi and Ronaldo
Some people seem to be average or have no talent, but they can be successful. On the football field, that is Kane.
ESPN football journalist Gabriele Marcotti expressed this about Kane during the interview with Tencent Sports, “When we look at top strikers in the world, we see Ronaldo having a perfect body, Messi having pace, and Neymar having talent. We can find something that is special and unique to those players. But Kane, what does he have? He however scores so many goals.”
After Kane was crowned the Golden Boot winner of the Premier League twice in a row, people thought he got lucky. When he was just two goals short of the trophy last season, people realized Kane was one of the greatest stickers in the world.
The way that Kane dresses and talks makes people think Kane is not like a modern football player. Kane has said that people have a stereotypical understanding of football players, who should get tattoos and cool haircuts. However, Kane just wants to be clean and focus on his work.
Tottenham’s manager Mauricio Pochettino commented on Kane that he thinks Kane is the best player in the world in terms of spirit, commitment and dedication.
Kane focuses 100% on football. He has a house at Essex, but he lives in another place closer to the training facilities. He is always the first one who arrives and last one who leaves. He likes to talk to those who visit the club and have unique football experiences. He likes to discuss tactics with the manager, and football means the whole world to him.
Kane reached another milestone in 2017; he scored 56 goals last year, which was more than what Ronaldo or Messi scored. He became the top striker in 2017. Years after being released by Arsenal, former Head of Youth Development at Arsenal Liam Brady revealed why Arsenal released Kane. He said, “He was a bit chubby, he wasn’t very athletic but we made a mistake.”
Before the World Cup, Kane said he wanted to be the best in the world. He said, “To be the best player in the world you have to aim high. You can't aim low. I want to prove myself at a major tournament. I want to be up there with the best in the world and the only way to do that is to perform on the big stage and in the big moments.” He added: “I had to prove people wrong throughout my career and I love proving to myself that I can do it.”
Before the game against Tunisia, Kane received a text from Pochettino. It says, “Come on England.”
A photo of dream and love
Recently, David Beckham posted a photo on social media. Young Kane is in the photo and he always sees Beckham as his idol. The photo captured a moment in 2005 at the opening of Beckham’s football academy. There is another child in the photo, and she is Kane’s wife Katie Goodland. This is a photo of dream and love.
Kane and Goodland both attended Chingford Foundation School. Seven years after the photo was taken, they were in a relationship. When Kane was hopeless and believing he would never score a goal in the Premier League, Goodland never stopped encouraging him. They grew up together and fight for each other.
In 2015, Kane became well known in the UK. Kane proposed to Goodland at the Bahamas. He later tweeted, “She said yes!”
The wives or girlfriends of the members of the England team have always been a topic during the tournament. Most of them are models. Compared to them, Goodland is just average, and she sometimes can be not confident of it. However, Kane has his own understanding of this marriage. He said, “If I was single now and meeting people, you’d never know if they were with you for the right reasons. Is it the money? You’d never really know. So I’m lucky that I’ve got a childhood sweetheart.” He also added, “See it as a team game where we’re all in it together and we enjoy the highs, but we have all the lows together as well.”
13 years have passed; the Goodland standing next to Kane back then is still standing by Kane’s side. Kane at age of 24 wears the captain arm band and is chasing the dreams that the Beckham generation could not achieve.
In the stadium, most England fans were wearing Kane’s jersey; they were shouting out his name, hoping England’s youngest captain could carry the team forward. Kane carried the football to the penalty spot. The broadcast switched to the stands; a young England fan was holding a sign, which said, “Kane score a goal.”
The football was shot to the middle of the goal, as easy as it looked. Kane did not disappoint England fans. He scored six goals in three matches, leading the Golden Boot race.
The match was about to start penalty shootout, making people think of the 1998 England World Cup team. The captain of that team was also a striker, Alan Shearer. People associate their best memories about football with that team, but those boys lost to the Argentina in the penalty shootout.
20 years later, Kane changed the history.
Living in the last century
On June 18th, England had its first World Cup game in the group stage against Tunisia. In the 33rd minute, Kyle Walker committed an unnecessary foul in the penalty area. The referee blew his whistle and pointed to the penalty spot.
The entire England team surrounded the referee, arguing. However, the person who should represent the team at this moment, captain Kane, just quietly stood alone, watching everything happening.
Is he capable of being the captain?
British reporters have described Kane as an outlier. He has a quiet personality; he does not smoke or drink; he does not go to clubs; and he likes to eat vegetable and fruits.
Few reporters claim they truly know Kane, because Kane likes to keep some distance. However, he is one of the few players who are willing to get interviewed in the mixed zone after the games, no matter what the outcome of the game is. If a reporter stopped him, he would just answer every question. However, Kane does not try to do this to expose himself in front of the media. Instead, he thinks it is not polite to say no to somebody. British reporters have said, “Kane is living in the last century.”
Swearing on daughter’s life for Golden Boot
Kane persists in one thing on the field, scoring goals.
At the beginning of the 2014-2015 season, Kane reached his first peak in his career. He became one of the hottest strikers in the Premier League. He was one of the top two scorers in the league four seasons in a row, scoring more than 20 goals in a season. He has also defended his Golden Boot once. Last season, the battle between Mohamed Salah and Kane for the Golden Boot was heated. During the match between Stoke City and Tottenham Hotspur, Christian Eriksen scored a free kick goal, but the ball slightly touched Kane’s shoulder on its way to the goal. However, the Premier League counted the goal on Eriksen. Kane was extremely unhappy about the ruling.
Kane was furious about the miscounted goal, seeking support from everywhere. He even said, “I swear on my daughter's life that I touched the ball.” People consider his actions as selfish, and Kane received many criticisms.
What Kane did is worth discussing, but people who are obsessed with one thing may be somewhat paranoid or even silly. Kane’s obsession with scoring is what England needs mostly, which is also why he was named the captain of the team.
The former England captain, legendary Alan Shearer commented on Kane, “Harry is not a fist-pumper, and he does not shout or scream, but another part of that role is to be the man you can rely on to produce something special when the team needs it.”
Scoring more goals is how Kane understands the responsibility of a captain. Maybe this is why Kane did not argue with the referee during the game against Tunisia. Instead, he scored the game’s winning goal in stoppage time.
England have made it to the quarterfinals, and Kane has scored three penalties in regular time. During the shootout against Columbia, he scored the first penalty. After David Beckham, Steven Gerrard and Frank Lampard, Kane became the first captain who ended England’s penalty curse.
Released by Arsenal, a star in Tottenham
Kane mentioned that the biggest twist in his career happened when he was eight years old. He was released by Arsenal’s youth academy. Kane was born in Chingford in North East London. There was a lawn in a park behind where he lived. Everyday after school, Kane would play football with his father and brother. That was Kane’s best childhood memory.
One day when Kane walked to the park with his father, his father told him, “Well, Harry … Arsenal have released you.” In the United Kingdom, being able to send your children to top clubs’ youth academy is something that most parents could not do. After Kane’s father realized Kane was released, he did not criticize Kane. He did not criticize Arsenal. He did not seem bothered by it at all. He just said, “Don’t worry, Harry. We’ll work harder — and we’ll go on and we’ll find another club, alright?”
Being released by Arsenal motivated Kane a lot. He then got the opportunity to try out at Watford, and he played well during the game against Tottenham. Then he was able to try out at Tottenham. Kane at age of 20 was able to train with Tottenham’s first team. However, playing for Tottenham did not help him reach his peak immediately. Few seasons after 2011, he was loaned to teams that were not in the Premier League, such as Leyton Orient, Millwall, Norwich City and Leicester City.
In Leicester City, Kane could not fit in the team, and he felt discouraged. He even thought, if he could not play in the EFL Championship, how could he play for Tottenham in the Premier League.
However, Kane was not abandoned by his life. Kane fell in love with the National Football League in the United States. He liked to play Madden, which is an NFL video game, or watch some highlights of the New England Patriots. One day he came across a documentary about Patriots’ quarterback Tom Brady. At the beginning of the film, it showed Brady was selected 199th overall in the sixth round of the 2000 NFL Draft by the Patriots. Brady was half naked on the scale for weight measure. Some people were laughing at him, because Brady looked like a teenager who had never been to the gym.
Kane’s situation back then was just like Brady’s. Kane was motivated once again. He returned to Tottenham after that season ended, and he told André Villas-Boas, former Tottenham manager, “I’m gonna prove to you that I should be starting on this team. And you can tell me every Friday before the game that I don’t deserve that, and that I’m not going to play. And that’s fine. But I don’t want to go.”
God will never favor one person for life. You need to chase your dream on your own.
Attention to details helping Kane chase Messi and Ronaldo
Some people seem to be average or have no talent, but they can be successful. On the football field, that is Kane.
ESPN football journalist Gabriele Marcotti expressed this about Kane during the interview with Tencent Sports, “When we look at top strikers in the world, we see Ronaldo having a perfect body, Messi having pace, and Neymar having talent. We can find something that is special and unique to those players. But Kane, what does he have? He however scores so many goals.”
After Kane was crowned the Golden Boot winner of the Premier League twice in a row, people thought he got lucky. When he was just two goals short of the trophy last season, people realized Kane was one of the greatest stickers in the world.
The way that Kane dresses and talks makes people think Kane is not like a modern football player. Kane has said that people have a stereotypical understanding of football players, who should get tattoos and cool haircuts. However, Kane just wants to be clean and focus on his work.
Tottenham’s manager Mauricio Pochettino commented on Kane that he thinks Kane is the best player in the world in terms of spirit, commitment and dedication.
Kane focuses 100% on football. He has a house at Essex, but he lives in another place closer to the training facilities. He is always the first one who arrives and last one who leaves. He likes to talk to those who visit the club and have unique football experiences. He likes to discuss tactics with the manager, and football means the whole world to him.
Kane reached another milestone in 2017; he scored 56 goals last year, which was more than what Ronaldo or Messi scored. He became the top striker in 2017. Years after being released by Arsenal, former Head of Youth Development at Arsenal Liam Brady revealed why Arsenal released Kane. He said, “He was a bit chubby, he wasn’t very athletic but we made a mistake.”
Before the World Cup, Kane said he wanted to be the best in the world. He said, “To be the best player in the world you have to aim high. You can't aim low. I want to prove myself at a major tournament. I want to be up there with the best in the world and the only way to do that is to perform on the big stage and in the big moments.” He added: “I had to prove people wrong throughout my career and I love proving to myself that I can do it.”
Before the game against Tunisia, Kane received a text from Pochettino. It says, “Come on England.”
A photo of dream and love
Recently, David Beckham posted a photo on social media. Young Kane is in the photo and he always sees Beckham as his idol. The photo captured a moment in 2005 at the opening of Beckham’s football academy. There is another child in the photo, and she is Kane’s wife Katie Goodland. This is a photo of dream and love.
Kane and Goodland both attended Chingford Foundation School. Seven years after the photo was taken, they were in a relationship. When Kane was hopeless and believing he would never score a goal in the Premier League, Goodland never stopped encouraging him. They grew up together and fight for each other.
In 2015, Kane became well known in the UK. Kane proposed to Goodland at the Bahamas. He later tweeted, “She said yes!”
The wives or girlfriends of the members of the England team have always been a topic during the tournament. Most of them are models. Compared to them, Goodland is just average, and she sometimes can be not confident of it. However, Kane has his own understanding of this marriage. He said, “If I was single now and meeting people, you’d never know if they were with you for the right reasons. Is it the money? You’d never really know. So I’m lucky that I’ve got a childhood sweetheart.” He also added, “See it as a team game where we’re all in it together and we enjoy the highs, but we have all the lows together as well.”
13 years have passed; the Goodland standing next to Kane back then is still standing by Kane’s side. Kane at age of 24 wears the captain arm band and is chasing the dreams that the Beckham generation could not achieve.
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