Harry Kane: Devastating criticism – “He’s no longer useful”

EM England semi-final

“No longer useful” – damning criticism of Harry Kane

Position: 09.07.2024 | Reading time: 2 minutes

Of all things in the penalty – England after beating Switzerland in the semi-finals

England beat Switzerland 5-3 on penalties and moved into the semi-finals of the European Championship. For the Three Lions this is the first win on penalties at the European Championship in 28 years. The highlights in the video.

Despite a very poor performance, England are in the semi-finals of the European Football Championship. The media and experts are focusing more on Captain Harry Kane. FC Bayern’s “immobile” star striker appears to be a shadow of himself.

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EEngland national team captain Harry Kane has been heavily criticized at the European Championship in Germany despite the Three Lions reaching the semi-finals. His incredible performance again in the 5-3 penalty shootout win against Switzerland in Düsseldorf fueled suspicions, particularly in the media, that the 30-year-old FC Bayern star is not in his best form at the moment.

“This is not the Kane we know. He is immobile and cannot develop freely,” said the “Guardian” about the quarter-final, in which Kane was substituted before the penalty. Again the England team remained pale, but still managed to get into the last four and compete in the semifinals on Wednesday in Dortmund against the Netherlands (9 pm, MagentaTV, ARD at in the live ticket at WELT).

The Swiss was replaced by Harry Kane

Quelle: dpa/Bradley Collyer

Kane himself gave the all-clear after being substituted in extra time. “I’m fine, I was just tired. “I had a bit of a cramp, I tripped over a couple of water bottles and both of my calves were cramping,” said Kane, who replaced Ivan Toney. Without the captain, who is not usually substituted, all five English professionals later scored in the penalty.

“More than a meter from the road”

Although Kane scored two goals in the competition, he does not look fully fit after suffering goal problems in the last period of the season with Bayern. The English branch of the portal “Goal.com” even classified Kane in the “Loser” category after the Swiss game and wrote a devastating verdict: “The truth is that Kane has not been useful for a long time.” his home page: “It was a slow performance. Kane looked meters from the road the whole time.”

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In the opening match against Serbia (1-0), there was a half in which Kane only touched the ball twice. “He doesn’t look fit, he’s lazy, it worries me a lot,” said Jamie O’Hara, a former Tottenham Hotspur professional on “talkSPORT” about Kane: “I’m worried that we have Ronaldo in the team and Have to let him play.”