ENGLAND HERO HARRY Kane said he and his team-mates had flies in their mouths during a last-gasp World Cup victory over Tunisia.
Kane headed a 91st-minute winner to follow his opening goal as Gareth Southgate’s side edged to a 2-1 Group G success in Volgograd.
Much of the pre-match attention had been on the large increase in temperatures expected at the stadium, compared to England’s base in Repino.
And Kane confirmed England players had found it tough to cope with certain aspects of the atmosphere despite his own personal heroics.
Asked about the flies in Volgograd, man of the match Kane said: “There were a lot more than we thought.
“We got told before that there was going to be a lot of flies and when we went out for the warm-up there were more than we thought. We had a lot of bug spray on and that was important.
“We had some of them in our eyes and some of them in our mouth. It’s just part of dealing with whatever comes your way and the team coped with it well.”
Moscow shops have been selling Russian dolls branded with Kane’s image, but the Tottenham forward joked he is unimpressed with his likeness on the merchandise.
“I’ll have to get myself one of those Russian dolls,” he said.
“I’ve seen a couple of them and they make me look a bit chubby if I’m totally honest with you.”
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6 articles on the English national team is more than enough thanks.
@murt de murty: 1 article is enough. Maybe 6 if they had lost
@murt de murty: I’m glad you brought this up. The quality of the pre WC build up on Newstalk especially was dominated by England. Their squad, Joe Hart, how England will approach penalties, Raheem Sterling, who plays in defense etc. But at the same time, they sneer at England and drop comments like “we all like to see England lose.” Despite the PL putting food on their table. Occasionally, they’d get someone like Tim Vickery or Rafa Honigstein on, borrowed from elsewhere. But listening to the Totally Football Show or Guardian, they’re far more international. “I’ve seen a lot of Boca Juniors this year” or “I went to all of Australia’s qualifiers.” The42 is all about England now. It would be nice if our media could embrace the whole WC, instead of 70% of the material all about England.
Seem to remember the English rugby team having trouble with midgets before as well
@Anthony Kennedy: brilliant
Anytime Ireland play, we all have our hearts in our mouths!
Flies or fly half ( chuckle ) ☺
No flies on “our ‘arry” :-)
Flies and marbles for Kane
Bit unfair on harry since he cant close his mouth