Harry Kane shows that the biggest superstar and most effective goal stick can also be a humble team player

The team has talked and talked, but the underdog has built its house out of bricks. The goalkeeper is the master mason Lionel Mpasiwhich is in time for every bet.

Something has already started to happen. England’s players make more background runs and move the ball faster. Faster decisions. More direct passes.

Not last century’s long ball or crosses from the sideline, but high balls from the edges of the box in front of the goal or at the back post.

A finisher would be needed, but time is running out.

Anthony Gordon gets the ball into the penalty area. He passes it in an arc towards the line of the penalty area.

In the cabin, the pigs glance at each other. Did anyone remember to put another deadbolt on the front door?

The game that seemed like a fairy tale turns into a horror. A wolf bursts through the door like Jack Nicholson In the Glamor movie: “Here’s Harry!”

Harry Kane has leveled the game.

Ten minutes later, Kane receives the ball from Gordon inside the arc of the penalty area. There are six opponents around the attacker, but no one is close enough.

Kane takes possession of the ball with the first touch. With the second tat, he passes three defenders. In the third, he blasts the ball into the top corner.

The cottage has been destroyed. The big, kind wolf continues with his troops to the quarterfinals.

Harry Kane live amazing times. In the season that ended, he scored 61 goals in 51 matches for Bayern Munich.

In the World Cup, he has continued where he left off in the club team. Five goals have been scored in four matches.

What makes Kane so effective? The question comes before things. First you have to find out what makes Kane so good that it has paid off for both Bayern and England to build their attacks around him.

“A big factor in Kane’s brilliance is reliability and consistency. He’s always fit and his floor is really much higher than any other player in England’s attack,” expert Tuukka Kotimäki says.

On the floor, Kotimäki represents Kane’s performance level. Even at his worst, he is better than many strikers at their best.

“Even Kane’s weakest day is one where he can score a goal or two. Yesterday was a good example of this. Kane was overshadowed by Kongo pretty well, but he is so persistent and mentally strong that he doesn’t give up.”

When Kane finally gets his spots, he’s deadly effective in them.

The creation of Kane’s places is still often a slightly more complicated process than, for example Kylian Mbappen this Erling Haalandin under.

“Kane is not a fast back runner. He does not get the same advantage from those situations as Haaland or Mbappé.”

However, this does not mean that Kane is a one-dimensional striker.

“He is really versatile, one of the most versatile strikers in the world,” says Kotimäki.

Surprisingly large some of Kane’s goals come from chain reactions that he both starts and ends.

“Kane is the best in the world when it comes to linking the game. He creates space for others. When the opponents have to react to other English players, eventually space is created for Kane as well,” says Kotimäki and then gives an example.

“Kane descends a little lower to link plays, an empty space is created higher up which England can attack. When the opponents have to catch, for example, England’s wing forwards, Kane gets room to move. Then he might get the ball to the edge of the box, for example.”

At this point, a third factor enters the picture: Kane’s finishing skills.

“His finishing ability has been absolutely exceptional throughout his top career. It really doesn’t matter whether the place is left-footed, right-footed or for a push. It doesn’t matter whether the situation is mobile or static. He knows how to shoot from the defenders’ feet into the corners. He knows how to time his movements for crosses really well.”

Kane’s game philosophy radically different from most superstars of the genre. These try to get other players to serve them. Kane, on the other hand, strives to make the players around him better.

That’s why Kane’s influence on England’s playing is even greater than his actions. Kane is England’s all-time leading goalscorer, the national team’s biggest star and captain. Still, he is undeniably a team player and creator of spirit.

“He is the face of England. Thanks to him, England is no longer a battleground of egos. Kane is a great example that a superstar can be a humble team player. Everything he does is for the team. He doesn’t force any solutions or make stupid decisions to improve his own statistics.”

Kotimäki believes that the secret of Kane’s powers is at least partially in the fact that he makes the good go around and eventually it comes back to him.

“Kane’s paradox is that his personal statistics are excellent because he has always thought of the team first.”

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