If England win the Nations League this year it will be a greater achievement than reaching the 2018 World Cup semi-finals in Russia, captain Harry Kane said on Tuesday.
England's Harry Kane during the press conference - Euro 2020
Qualifier - England Press Conference - St. George's Park, Burton upon Trent,
Britain - March 19, 2019. (Photo: Action Images via Reuters)
England meet the
Netherlands in the Nations League semi-finals on June 6 for the right to face
either European champions Portugal or Switzerland in the final three days later
in Porto.
"To have a chance to
win a trophy in an England shirt does not happen very often,” the striker told
reporters. "If we win that trophy, in my eyes, it’s a better year than 2018.”
Kane is preparing for
England’s opening Euro 2020 qualifiers against the Czech Republic on Friday and
Montenegro on Monday.
England topped a
Nations League qualifying group that included 2010 world champions Spain and
2018 runners-up Croatia.
Last year they reached
the World Cup semis for the first time since 1990 before losing 2-1 to Croatia
after extra time.
"Hopefully, we can win
some silverware. Of course, 2018 was fantastic but, for me, the main thing is
the team and we want to win things. We want to make fans happy and be proud,”
said Kane, who won the golden boot in Russia as top scorer with six goals.
"People now expect us
to do well and before the World Cup there was no expectation, so it’s great
that we’ve turned that around,” Kane was quoted as saying by the BBC.
"We’re the only team
from the World Cup semi-finals to have got through their Nations League group,
and we had probably one of the hardest groups.
"That was big for us, to
prove that it wasn’t just a one-off, that this team were really building for
something special.”
Source: NDO
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