England 1-2 France: Harry Kane was ready to take two penalties but said ‘execution’ let him down | football news

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England captain Harry Kane said he was prepared to take two penalties against France in Saturday’s 2-1 World Cup quarter-final defeat, but his execution disappointed him.

Kane emphatically delivered the first penalty but slotted the second over the bar with just six minutes of normal time left to end England’s World Cup hopes and leave the striker inconsolable throughout.

His first penalty equaled England’s Wayne Rooney’s record of 53 goals, meaning he scored more penalties in regular time at World Cup finals than any player ever.

But he was unable to get past Rooney and took Saturday’s quarter-final extra time.

Asked if the first penalty affected his thinking, Keane told ITV: “No. I’m always someone who’s up for one or two penalties in a game, and I always have an idea of ​​what I want to do.”

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Café Soulkol and Rob Dorsett analyze England’s World Cup quarter-final defeat by France.

“I can’t fault my preparations or anything like that, it was just the execution of the night. The first pen was great, and the second pen didn’t do quite as well as I wanted it to.”

“I have to deal with my chin, it will hurt for sure, the whole game is going to hurt. As a captain, I’ll take that, but I couldn’t be prouder of the lads.

“It comes down to small details that I will take responsibility for. I’m not worried about the team and how it will affect them. We have some great talent.”

Kane’s agony in pictures Photo: Kane looks on as a penalty kick clears the crossbar Photo: Harry Kane sends a penalty over the bar Photo: France players celebrate after Harry Kane missed a penalty Kane: Hopefully Southgate stays

England manager Gareth Southgate did not commit his future after Saturday’s defeat with uncertainty over his next move, saying he would review his situation in the coming weeks and months.

Southgate has a contract that would take him to Euro 2024 and his team captain Kane wants him to stay on.

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England manager Gareth Southgate has said he will “take some time” to think about his future

“It’s up to him [whether he stays]Keane added: “We loved having him as a coach, I think he’s been amazing, when you see where he’s taken us to where we are now, it’s an amazing leap.

“I think we’d all hope he stays, but that’s his decision, obviously he’s going to go far and review that, but before we know it we’ll be preparing for the Euros.”

Southgate coy on England Future Image: Gareth Southgate applauds supporters after England’s loss to France

England manager Gareth Southgate says he “needs some time to reflect” after their exit.

“After every tournament we sit down, review it and think about it,” Southgate said measuredly. “So we need a little bit of time to make sure everyone is making the right decisions.”

Neville fumes in the referee: It was a joke Photo: Referee Wilton Sampaio during the World Cup quarter-finals was widely criticized

Gary Neville was angry at the referee, calling it a “joke” and “bad rank”.

Sampaio’s decision-making was under the spotlight when Bukayo Saka was caught off guard by Dayot Upamecano in the build-up to Tchoameni’s opening goal for France.

The French defender was involved again later in the half, apparently fouling Kane as he entered the penalty area on the right but VAR failed to intervene, presumably from contact outside the penalty area.

England finally got a penalty when Saka was fouled by Chomeni before the VAR intervened to award a second penalty for a foul on Mason Mount, although Kane fired the decisive penalty.

Neville said of the referee: “He had an absolute nightmare. A referee’s joke. I’m not saying it’s all down to the England defeat – people will say it’s excuses – but it’s just bad refereeing, bad rank.”

Neville believes France’s first goal should have been ruled out for the foul on Saka: “It’s a simple decision. He kicked his leg wide – I’m not sure why there was no foul. He nibbled and kicked it. It would be a free kick. Upamecano tried to win the ball on three or four occasions Where you can’t win the ball, over Saka, over Kane.”

As Harry Maguire told the BBC: “Really bad, very poor. From the first minute, there were five or six fouls in the first 15 minutes, not a single yellow card. It’s a foul for the first goal, which led to Bukayo.”

“I can’t really explain how bad his performance is. I don’t want to get too touched because I’m going to get fined at the end of the day. But even though the big decisions were wrong, he never gave us anything, throughout the game he was really poor.”

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