England: Kane becomes a legend

England striker Harry Kane made Three Lions history on Thursday, when Gareth Southgate’s selection in Italy ended in a 2-1 victory.

Harry Kane ousts Wayne Rooney. This Thursday, England’s star striker became the top scorer in the history of the Three Lions, during the 2024 European Championship qualifying match against Italy in Naples (2-1). Established by Roberto Mancini, the Tottenham goleador signed the 54th goal of his career with the jersey of England, for his 81st selection.

While Jude Bellingham’s partners were already leading 1-0 on a goal from Declan Rice (13th), the visitors benefited from a penalty after a hand control from Giovanni Di Lorenzo, a sentence confirmed by the referee after viewing of the video. Faced with Paris Saint-Germain goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma, the former Leicester City tenant did not hesitate to transform the sentence of the right, in the 44th minute of play.

Harry Kane becomes England’s all-time top scorer! #lequipeFOOT pic.twitter.com/h4y9GhfRHx

— the chain L’Équipe (@lachainelequipe) March 23, 2023

Before his goal, the Spurs artificer shared this record with Wayne Rooney, who had concluded his international career with a record of 53 goals in 120 caps. By the way, the native of London can boast of a much higher ratio than the former Manchester United striker.

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Author of 23 goals in 39 matches in all competitions with the club from the London capital, since the start of the 2022-2023 season, Harry Kane had twice found the net during the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, against the Senegal in the round of 16 (3-0) and France in the quarter-finals (1-2). Against the Blues, the English number 9 missed the equalizing penalty in the last minutes of the game.

Under contract until June 2024 with Tottenham, Harry Kane arouses the greed of Manchester United and Real Madrid. Its management intends to claim a three-digit check in the event of a sale.