He arrived at Bayern Munich last summer to finally win a title and, after missing out on the Bundesliga and the DFB Pokal, he could end the season without breaking his record at the age of 30. But Harry Kane He showed again in the first Champions League semi-final of his career (he missed Tottenham against Ajax in 2019 due to injury) that he is more than a scorer, he is a differential footballer.
The English forward gave Bayern hope of going to the Bernabéu with the advantage in the tie by converting a hearty penalty that put it briefly 2-1 at the Allianz Arena before Vinicius Junior established the final 2-2 also from the fatal point.
43rd in 43 games this season
This is Kane’s eighth goal in the current Champions League equal to Kylian Mbappé (PSG) as the leading scorer and 43rd in 43 games overall in a season where he was posting the best records of his career, which is saying something.
But cold statistics don’t define the football coming from his boots. Kane showed from the opening whistle that he knows how to interpret his team’s play at all times, delaying his leading position to become unbalanced with his play between the lines.
With this movement the meeting began. He threw a wall into space at Leroy Sanéjust where Andriy Lunin losing 1-0. Kane offers himself to his teammates in the middle of the field to unload the game and start attacks, he knows how to set the times, lead the transitions and create danger when, at 2- 1, his half-turned shot barely missed the target .
On May 8, the Bernabéu will ask for one of his best nights if he wants to qualify for his second Champions League final after losing in 2019 at the Metropolitano with Tottenham against Liverpool (2-0).
Source: La Verdad
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