With one minute gone in England’s Nations League play-off game in Guimarães, Harry Kane did something brilliant. Jordan Pickford launched a hard, flat pass from his own six-yard box. Kane saw it coming, crept back along the line of the centre circle, then executed a kind of cushioned capoeira‑roundhouse layoff into the path of Jesse Lingard.
Lingard waited a beat, scanning his options. Kane made the choice for him, surging on ahead, pointing where he wanted the ball, then dinking a brilliantly conceived back-spun chip over Switzerland’s Yann Sommer and on to the crossbar.
Written by Barney Ronay
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2019/jun/10/england-spurs-half-fit-harry-kane-nations-champions-league under the title “England and Spurs need to recognise that a half-fit Harry Kane is no use | Barney Ronay”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
