Yes, Harry Kane is dropping too deep. But who can blame him when he's so rarely given the ball? Asks IAN LADYMAN When Harry Kane drops too deep, it is because of a wider problem with supply He received the ball once off Saka and zero times off Foden against Serbia LISTEN to It's All Kicking Off! Cristiano Ronaldo is basically the Portugal manager..
. but why is he celebrating on his own? By Ian Ladyman Published: 18:15 EDT, 19 June 2024 | Updated: 19:02 EDT, 19 June 2024 e-mail 2 View comments There was a moment 15 minutes from time in England 's defeat of Serbia in Gelsenkirchen that could have changed the way their opening game of Euro 2024 has subsequently been viewed. Substitute Jarrod Bowen made space on the right and dropped a cross straight on to the head of Harry Kane at the far post.
The England captain's contact was clean and powerful only for Serbia goalkeeper Predrag Rajkovic to touch the ball brilliantly, and rather unexpectedly, on to the underside of the crossbar. In that moment Kane was not only denied his 64th international goal, but also the opportunity to stop what appears to be a biennial tournament debate in its tracks. Kane, coming off the back of a prolific season with Bayern Munich , did not score in the group stage of the last World Cup, prompting some chat about his place in Gareth Southgate 's team.
It had been the same in the Euros of 2021, where he did not score until England beat Germany in the round of 16. Now we are in that place again, a place .