Harry Kane on missed penalty against France: ‘It will haunt me forever’

For sure, one of the most significant events of the Blues’ course during the World Cup in Qatar, remained in the memory of the penalty, conceded by Harry Kane in the 84th minute. By allowing his team to return to a 1-1 lead by converting the first penalty, Harry Kane could have doubled the lead and kept the Three Lions’ hopes of qualifying, but he sent the ball over French’s cages. Faced with Hugo Lloris, his clubmate at Tottenham, the striker, accustomed to stringing penalties like pearls (84% success in this exercise), lost his temper.

“Maybe I’ll remember it for the rest of my life, but it’s part of the game,” admitted the second scorer in the history of the English selection in an interview with the Evening Standard. This will haunt me forever, but it made me even more thirsty for trophies. It won’t affect me as a player or as a person. “The proof of this is that since the resumption of the Premier League he has scored 3 goals in 3 games.

However, when he returned to the Premier League fields, Brentford fans chanted him. “You have let your country down. Ivan Tony[Brentford striker]scored,” chanted the residents of the Gtech Community stadium. Harry Kane wants revenge: “I will continue to work hard on myself. After it happened, I just wanted to reproduce it as soon as possible and get it out of my head. I have to deal with… he confesses to the British press. It was a tough moment for me, but it’s part of the ups and downs of our sport. »

It remains to be seen if someone who only needs one goal to break Wayne Rooney’s record has advanced. What is certain is that he will continue to develop at the behest of Gareth Southgate, who remains in post after the World Cup, which he seems to appreciate. “I’m really glad he’s staying, I really feel like the job isn’t done yet,” Kane said of his coach. It would be great to play Euros again with the same team and the same staff. Southgate has been fantastic for me and for other players. Business will resume in March and we will be ready. The appointment has been made.