Perhaps we should start with a note of caution. The opposition will not always be this obliging and nobody, surely, can expect Harry Kane to keep scoring so prodigiously throughout the rest of the World Cup. Maybe England have peaked too soon. And no doubt the most overheard line over the next 24 hours will be that, yes, it was only Panama. Stay calm, it was only Panama.
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Written by Daniel Taylor at Nizhny Novgorod Stadium
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/football/2018/jun/24/england-panama-world-cup-2018-match-report-harry-kane-john-stones-jesse-lingard under the title “England into World Cup knockout stage as Kane hat-trick leads 6-1 Panama rout”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
