Remembering Harry Kane’s debut before Euro 2020
Harry Kane
scored a fantasy debut objective with his first touch at Wembley to finish an extensive
4-0 win for England. The 21-year-old invoked one more snapshot of enchantment
to add another part to his fantasy season. Euro 2020 fans can book England Vs Czech Republic Tickets on our
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His strike –
a back-post header – came inside 80 seconds of his appearance, adding to
objectives from Wayne Rooney, Danny Welbeck, and Raheem Sterling to top off a
genuinely stunning week for Tottenham Hotspur's most recent saint.
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Remembering Harry Kane’s debut before Euro 2020 |
A great part of the pre-coordinate talk was about the in-structure striker, who had been brought in by Roy Hodgson for his first taste of senior universal football. But he had to wait a little longer as Rooney, the old master, and Danny Welbeck led the way with Kane waiting in the wings.
The game was
just three minutes old when the England skipper hit the post following a deft
ball over the top from Fabian Delph, although he was not to be denied for long
when he opened the scoring soon after. Euro 2020 fans can book England Euro Cup Tickets on our website
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Welbeck,
England’s leading scorer in European Qualifying found space on the right,
drove into the box and cracked an effort across goal.
Lithuanian
keeper Giedrius Arlauskis made the save with his feet, but Rooney was perfectly
placed to head the rebound into the empty net for his 48th international
goal, taking him to just two behind Sir Bobby Charlton’s record.
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Harry Kane scored a fantasy debut objective with his first touch at Wembley |
Before the game had reached the 20th minute, Rooney could have had his hat-trick, but was again denied by the woodwork. His well-directed header from Welbeck’s clipped cross left Arlauskis stranded, but the keeper would have been relieved to see the ball bounce out.
England ahead of kick-off against
Lithuania
England was
on top and was rarely threatened by the visitors, who sat six points behind
them in joint-second place before kick-off.
Deivydas
Matulevicius did have a sniff of an opening just after the half-hour mark when
Vytautas Andriuskevicius’s cross found him darting across the area eight yards
out. Phil Jones was alert, though, and did enough to block the Lithuanian’s
effort.
A Rooney
free-kick, which was spared by Arlauskis on 39 minutes after a foul on Welbeck,
started England once more into life. The skipper then chested a chipped pass
from Jordan Henderson into the path of Welbeck, but the Arsenal man’s strike
curled just over the bar from 18 yards.
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Wayne Rooney scores England's opener against Lithuania |
Their pressure eventually yielded a second goal on the stroke of half-time, as Welbeck stooped to turn Henderson’s cross from the left goalwards. Euro 2020 fans can book the Czech Republic Euro Cup Tickets on our website on exclusively discounted prices.
Wayne Rooney scores England's opener
against Lithuania
A deflection
off Tadas Kijankskas in front of the keeper helped the ball roll over the line
for his sixth goal of the season and England were cruising
Soon after
the break Delph came close to opening his account for England, Rooney picking
him out with a lofted pass towards the far post and the Aston Villa schemer met
it with a crisp volley 15 yards out. Arlauskis made a fine one-handed save to
keep it out.
The Steaua
Buchareșt stopper was acting as a one-man wall at times and was once again
forced into a strong save when Welbeck smashed another strike from the right
which was just heading inside the post.
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Wayne Rooney congratulates Danny Welbeck on his deflected strike |
Wayne Rooney congratulates Danny Welbeck on his deflected strike
He could do
nothing about Sterling’s first goal for England, which came just before the
hour. Again Rooney was involved, crossing low into the six-yard box shortly
after Welbeck had seen a penalty appeal waved away.The Liverpool man was onto
it like a shot, slotting home with the keeper going the other way.
And then the
moment everyone seemed to be waiting for – Kane stripped off to get ready for
his England bow. It seemed like an age as he waited with Ross Barkley for the
ball to go out of play. When it finally did, the crowd greeted his arrival
almost as loudly as what came just 80 seconds later.
Raheem Sterling nets England's third
goal
England set
off on another attack Sterling beat his man on the left to cross from the
byline and the Lithuanians had not heeded Kane’s warning – 29 goals in 43 games
this season – leaving him unmarked at the far post.
His head met
the ball with enough power that Arlauskis could only parry inside the upright
and Kane reeled away in true Roy of the Rovers fashion. And among all the
euphoria Hodgson’s men wrapped up another three points to stretch their winning
run – it is the first time England has started a campaign with seven straight
victories.
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Raheem Sterling nets England's third goal |
England (4-3-3); 1 Joe Hart; 2 Nathaniel Clyne, 5 Gary Cahill, 6 Phil Jones, 3 Leighton Baines; 4 Jordan Henderson, 8 Michael Carrick, 11 Fabian Delph; 7 Raheem Sterling, 10 Wayne Rooney (captain), 9 Danny Welbeck.
Substitutes: 18 Harry Kane for Rooney, 20
Ross Barkley for Henderson, 14 Theo Walcott for Welbeck 77.
Subs not used: 23 Robert Green, 13 Jack
Butland, 12 Chris Smalling, 15 Phil Jagielka, 16 James Milner, 17 Andros
Townsend, 19 Ryan Mason, 21 Kieran Gibbs, 22 Kyle Walker.
Goals: Rooney 6, Welbeck 45, Sterling
58, Kane 73.
Bookings: Sterling.
Manager: Roy Hodgson
Lithuania (4-4-2):
1 Giedrius Arlauskis; 3 Georgas Freidgeimas, 6 Marius Zaliukas, 4 Tadas
Kijanskas (capt), 5 Tomas Mikuckis; 15 Karolis Chvedukas, 7 Arturas Zulpa, 13
Saulius Mikoliunas, 23 Vytautas Andriuskevicius; 22 Fiodor Cernych, 9 Deivyadas
Matulevicius.
Substitutes: 19 Simonas Stankevicius for
Mikuckis 66, 17 Vaidas Slavickas for Andriuskeviciu 83, 11 Donatas Kazlauskas
for Mikoliunas 88.
Subs not
used: 21 Vytautas Cerniauskas, 2 Gedminas Vicius, 8 Egidijus Vatikunas, 10
Gratas Sirgedas, 12 Emilijus Zubas, 14 Vytautas Luksa, 16 Ricardas Beniusis, 18
Mindaugas Panka, 20 Valdemar Borovskij.
Bookings: Zaliukas, Kazlauskas.
Head
coach: Igoris Pankratjevas.
Referee: Pavel Kralovec (Czech Repubic)
Assistant: Roman Slysko (Slovakia) and Martin
Wilczek (Czech Republic)
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