“The England men’s team has been playing football for 154 years, but it has never had a player quite like Harry Kane before. England have had some great moments in their history, winning the World Cup in 1966. But they have rarely won a game quite like this. Not with this same sense of being seized, being saved, of one man deciding to take control of a game that was slipping through English fingers. There was something about the simple individualism of this turnaround, the way the long complicated game was reduced to one tired man, his will, his execution, that gave it a comic-book hero feel. Watching a great player turn the course of a tournament like this is a reminder of why we all watch sport. …”
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