Euro 2024: Kane hopes to continue Dortmund streak with England

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Harry Kane hopes to proceed his emotion matter pinch Dortmund erstwhile England look nan Netherlands location successful nan Euro 2024 semi-final.

The England skipper has netted 5 goals successful 3 starts astatine nan Westfalonstadion, scoring successful wins for Tottenham astatine Dortmund successful nan Champions League successful 2017/18 and 2018/19 and besides netting a hat-trick for Bayern Munich successful Der Klassiker past November.

Ready. 🦁🦁🦁 pic.twitter.com/KLQCmduFgA

— Harry Kane (@HKane) July 9, 2024

He told BBC Radio 5 Live: “I person scored a fewer successful a fewer games against Dortmund, truthful yes, it’s been a reasonably successful stadium for maine truthful far.

“A hat-trick this twelvemonth is ever a bully representation to provender off. Of course, I would return thing for illustration that (on Wednesday), but I cognize it will beryllium a reliable game.

“I deliberation it’s a awesome stadium, 1 of nan champion successful world football, truthful it’s ever a pleasance to play here.”

A typical occasion

Kane said a European Championship semi-final against 1 of nan game’s biggest names: “are nan biggest games that you tin play, astir apt successful your career.

“You cognize awesome tournaments for your federation are arsenic large arsenic it comes. Playing successful semi-finals, large games successful a large stadium, it’s going to beryllium a typical game.

“We person worked really difficult to get to this infinitesimal and we are going to person to activity moreover harder to get successful nan final.

“It’s going to beryllium a reliable game, but of people you look guardant to games for illustration this because they are memories, if they spell your way, you will retrieve for a agelong time.”

Kane has travel successful for disapproval for his performances crossed England’s 5 matches successful nan tourney truthful far, but insists he is ‘feeling good’ going into nan conflict pinch nan Dutch.

“It’s been a reliable tourney for everyone, we person had immoderate reliable games and that has been nary different for maine arsenic well,” he said.

“There’s been bully battles connected nan pitch, a batch of difficult activity passim nan games, not conscionable pinch nan ball, but without nan shot arsenic well.

“I americium emotion good, of people I cognize location is an anticipation astir maine aft nan play I person had, to person scored much goals by now, but (I’ve scored) 2 goals and I americium successful a semi-final – I would person taken that earlier we kicked a ball.”

Harry Kane astatine Dortmund stadium 👀 pic.twitter.com/iYbTHEOYuV

— Ethan (@thfcem28) July 9, 2024

Need to beryllium astatine highest level

Kane, who turns 31 later this month, is seeking to adhd to his 65 goals successful 96 caps and added: “There is ever an opportunity successful nan adjacent crippled to beryllium yourself.

“To spell retired location and put successful a awesome capacity and I will effort and do that (on Wednesday).”

If he is to win he’ll request to get past nan stubborn Dutch defence which is marshalled by aged Premier League foe Virgil van Dijk.

“I’ve evidently played against Van Dijk rather a batch passim my profession and we person had immoderate reliable battles,” he said.

“I’m expecting nary different from what we person had passim nan full tourney truthful far. We person travel up against immoderate existent coagulated defences and reliable teams to break down.

“It will beryllium nan aforesaid tomorrow, but of people they person awesome attacking players that we person to beryllium wary of. It’s going to beryllium a bully game, a reliable game.

“We are going to person to beryllium astatine our highest level if we want to scope different final.”

Wembley fuels nan fire

The memories of Wembley successful 2021 and nan punishment shootout dismay against Italy successful nan last still linger for galore of England’s players and Kane admitted: “I deliberation location has been a substance each on really, but location is ever that information to spell 1 measurement further than we did past time, because we had a awesome tournament.

“When you autumn and travel truthful adjacent and you don’t conscionable rather get there, location is ever that substance (and) occurrence successful nan belly to get backmost location and make it correct adjacent time.

“Of course, we are 1 measurement distant from nan final, but we person a large obstacle successful nan way.

“It is conscionable astir getting our minds correct for this one, being focused connected nan tasks astatine manus and hopefully going retired location and executing a awesome game.”