Harry Kane says England can be proud of topping their Euro 2024 group but insists there is “more to come” as Gareth Southgate’s stuttering side move on to the part of the tournament “where it all counts”. Three years on from finishing as continental runners-up, the road to the Berlin final began with topping their pool in unconvincing, and at times alarming, fashion. England opened with a hard-fought 1-0 win over Serbia before draws against Denmark and Slovenia that ended with boos at the final whistle.
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com/ZktiwuOwhC — Harry Kane (@HKane) June 25, 2024 There is a negative mood around the team, but the five-point haul proved enough for the Euro 2020 runners-up to progress to the round of 16 as Group C winners. “I think we can be proud of finishing top,” captain Kane said. “It’s not easy in these major tournaments, as you’ve seen with other nations, other big nations, in the tournament already not finishing top, so we can enjoy this for sure.
“It was a tough game. I thought it was probably our best performance out of the three. “I thought we definitely had more energy without the ball, we pressed better, we counter pressed better, which allowed us to have wave after wave.
“We just lacked a bit of magic in the final third, but that will come. “Another good clean sheet, which we’re going to need if we want to go far in this tournament, that’s for sure, so credit to the boys .
