Alan Shearer knows exactly what it’s like to miss an important spot.
In England’s 1-2 quarter-final defeat, for the one who was left as the scapegoat Harry Kane raining criticism, especially from the British media. of The Athletic in the article, one of the best goal scorers of his time Alan Shearer gave a blunt assessment of Kane’s failure.
Kane got two points against France. He hit the second one, but in a more difficult position in the 84th minute, in a 1–2 loss position, the goal stick shot over.
– The mistake was not in the team, tactics, substitutes, talent or training. Sometimes it’s just bad luck, Shearer analyzed England’s homecoming.
Shearer knows how Kane feels now.
– I know he’s going to put his head on the pillow tonight and several times next. He will look at the ceiling, going through the penalty situation over and over again.
– He will kick it again to convince himself that it will go into the goal. I promise it will stay with him for the rest of his life, Shearer guessed.
“It still haunts me”
Harry Kane could have become England’s hero. PDO
Shearer, who scored 30 goals in the England national team shirt between 1992 and 2002, says he has been in similar situations himself. In them, the brain becomes the enemy of man. Especially when he had already succeeded once, he thinks that the trick would be easy to repeat.
– When I played at Newcastle, I missed a similar important spot against Sunderland. It still haunts me, recalls the legend who scored almost 150 goals in Newcastle.
Kane was facing a familiar goalkeeper, a teammate from Tottenham, in the spot-kick situation Hugo Lloris. The Frenchman certainly knew Kane’s routines and exercises. The last moments before the decisive kick are the most critical in the mind game.
– In that situation, new kinds of problems are encountered. It makes me wonder what I’ll do next. Do I go for the same thing as last time or do I stick to what I’m good at? Do I change something? Shearer describes the world of thought.
He noticed that Kane looked troubled when he faced Lloris for the second time in the penalty area. The rest was history.
A blank stare
Alan Shearer holds the Premier League goals record in one season with 34 strikes. EPA / AOP
– It will brighten him up for the rest of his life. Not a day goes by that he doesn’t think about it or remember it. He always broods over how he could have acted differently in the situation.
After the defeat, teammates surrounded the captain who sold his country and consoled him. Coach Gareth Southgate wrapped his arms around Kane to talk to him.
– I recognized the blank look. He didn’t register anything. All the words went out one ear and out the other. He feels terrible, but at the same time he wants to tell everyone to go to hell.
– He would like to sit with his family and sulk. He’s going to hate his life for the next couple of weeks, Shearer concluded.
Gareth Southgate hugged his captain after the game. PDO