Harry Kane argued justice had been done after the England captain nodded his side’s stoppage-time victor having seen two vociferous penalty appeals for fouls by Yassine Meriah waved away by the Colombian referee, Wilmar Roldan. We have got everything here, so it’s important because obviously we play again in four or five days’. Will Ronaldo overtake him after goal v Morocco and hat trick v Spain? “First games at the World Cup have been hard in the past”.
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For Kane, wearing the captain’s armband is only making him more prolific. “If you want to get carried away, even for a little while, that’s fine”, Dunn ends his article. England can attack, England can defend, England can win the World Cup.
“Hopefully when they watch it back they can get it right for the next game”.
Henry Winter, The Times: “Here was the adversity that Southgate had talked to his players about, and the need to stay calm, to concentrate and respond”.
And yet he can look back on a nonetheless lively performance. We were strong on set plays all night.
“We wanted England to give us a bit of hope and a performance that had energy and chances so there are plenty of positives”.
As it seemed that England would start with a draw, the two Harrys, Maguire and Kane, combined to get the three points.
England’s players later thought they deserved the same verdict when Kane was grappled to the ground twice by Tunisians on either side of the halftime break.
“It’s massive. I’m so proud of the lads”.
“The crucial thing is taking the chances in this tournament”.
They will need to be better than this when they face stronger opponents, but you can not overstate the importance of belief and confidence for this England squad.
“(Harry) showed personality. He made a few mistakes but he came through that”, Ferdinand said.
England face Panama in their next game on Sunday.
“You go until the last second”, Kane said, “and I’m absolutely buzzing”.
England dominated the entire match with their attacking display yet for nearly the entire match, they had just one goal to show. “And then the pressure builds”.
Pundits were full of praise for England’s number 9.
He said: “You can not trust us. A great platform to build on”.
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Unfortunately we can not embed gifs which show the incident, but if you do search one out via Twitter (there are plenty available) you will see that the Stones push is just before Kane was actually fouled (not the initial contact). They are more prepared to be bold – recklessly so at times – and they were able to keep fighting until the end.
