{"id":198141,"date":"2024-07-09T15:02:21","date_gmt":"2024-07-09T15:02:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/07\/09\/england-stars-defend-harry-kane-over-euro-2024-struggles\/"},"modified":"2024-07-09T15:02:21","modified_gmt":"2024-07-09T15:02:21","slug":"england-stars-defend-harry-kane-over-euro-2024-struggles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/07\/09\/england-stars-defend-harry-kane-over-euro-2024-struggles\/","title":{"rendered":"England stars defend Harry Kane over Euro 2024 struggles \u2013"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Luke Shaw and Trent Alexander-Arnold have both come to the defence of England captain Harry Kane, who has received harsh criticism for his performances at Euro 2024.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Kane, who has led his nation since the 2018 World Cup, has found the back of the net just twice so far in Germany, with his overall performances leading many to question his role in Gareth Southgate\u2019s attacking system.<\/p>\n<p>Amid some calls for Kane to be dropped for Wednesday\u2019s semi-final clash with the Netherlands, Shaw insisted the team still has full support for their captain.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen he\u2019s on the pitch he makes other players feel positive,\u201d Shaw said. \u201cI think we all feel very positive when he\u2019s on the pitch, because he\u2019s our leading goalscorer. At any time he can score a goal and make that difference. He\u2019s a very important player, he\u2019s our captain.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s a world-class player. We see it day in day out in training, we know the quality he has and what he brings to the team.\u201d<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/01j2bfxtf58q1fwwgkfx.jpg\" alt=\"Harry Kane\" title=\"Harry Kane\"\/><\/figure>\n<p>Kane has provided two important goals so far in Germany \/ Eurasia Sport Images\/GettyImages<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n<p>Fellow defender Alexander-Arnold echoed the words of Shaw, insisting the striker brings something unique to the team.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnyone who is facing\u00a0England\u00a0would like to see Harry Kane not playing,\u201d Alexander-Arnold said. \u201cYou just know he is a threat. Anything in and around the box, you need to be on red alert. He can finish it from every angle.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI always say he is the best finisher I\u2019ve seen or played with. He can drop down and build play up and his hold-up play is incredible too.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Both Shaw and Alexander-Arnold were handed cameos during England\u2019s tight win over Switzerland in the quarter-finals. The\u00a0Manchester United\u00a0defender arrived onto the pitch in the 78th minute, providing support that the team have often lacked on the left side, while\u00a0Liverpool\u2019s Alexander-Arnold was introduced in extra time and held his nerve to score the deciding penalty.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/image-827-1024x576.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-889967\"  \/><\/figure>\n<p><!-- CONTENT END 1 --><\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Luke Shaw and Trent Alexander-Arnold have both come to the defence of England captain Harry Kane, who has received harsh criticism for his performances at Euro 2024. Kane, who has led his nation since the 2018 World Cup, has found the back of the net just twice so far in Germany, with his overall performances [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":198142,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-198141","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>England stars defend Harry Kane over Euro 2024 struggles \u2013 - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/07\/09\/england-stars-defend-harry-kane-over-euro-2024-struggles\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"England stars defend Harry Kane over Euro 2024 struggles \u2013 - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Luke Shaw and Trent Alexander-Arnold have both come to the defence of England captain Harry Kane, who has received harsh criticism for his performances at Euro 2024. Kane, who has led his nation since the 2018 World Cup, has found the back of the net just twice so far in Germany, with his overall performances [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/07\/09\/england-stars-defend-harry-kane-over-euro-2024-struggles\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-07-09T15:02:21+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/image-827.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1080\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"608\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Ghana News\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Ghana News\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/07\\\/09\\\/england-stars-defend-harry-kane-over-euro-2024-struggles\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/07\\\/09\\\/england-stars-defend-harry-kane-over-euro-2024-struggles\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Ghana News\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/c70749f3edfbfcd92d45e933f0fe10b5\"},\"headline\":\"England stars defend Harry Kane over Euro 2024 struggles \u2013\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-07-09T15:02:21+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/07\\\/09\\\/england-stars-defend-harry-kane-over-euro-2024-struggles\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":343,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/07\\\/09\\\/england-stars-defend-harry-kane-over-euro-2024-struggles\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/07\\\/image-827.png\",\"articleSection\":[\"Sports\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/07\\\/09\\\/england-stars-defend-harry-kane-over-euro-2024-struggles\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/07\\\/09\\\/england-stars-defend-harry-kane-over-euro-2024-struggles\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/07\\\/09\\\/england-stars-defend-harry-kane-over-euro-2024-struggles\\\/\",\"name\":\"England stars defend Harry Kane over Euro 2024 struggles \u2013 - Ghanamma.com\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/07\\\/09\\\/england-stars-defend-harry-kane-over-euro-2024-struggles\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/07\\\/09\\\/england-stars-defend-harry-kane-over-euro-2024-struggles\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/07\\\/image-827.png\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-07-09T15:02:21+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/c70749f3edfbfcd92d45e933f0fe10b5\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/07\\\/09\\\/england-stars-defend-harry-kane-over-euro-2024-struggles\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/07\\\/09\\\/england-stars-defend-harry-kane-over-euro-2024-struggles\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/07\\\/09\\\/england-stars-defend-harry-kane-over-euro-2024-struggles\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/07\\\/image-827.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/07\\\/image-827.png\",\"width\":1080,\"height\":608},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/07\\\/09\\\/england-stars-defend-harry-kane-over-euro-2024-struggles\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"England stars defend Harry Kane over Euro 2024 struggles \u2013\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/\",\"name\":\"Ghanamma.com\",\"description\":\"Ghana mma provides breaking news, top stories in Ghana, Africa, business, entertainment, politics and more.\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/c70749f3edfbfcd92d45e933f0fe10b5\",\"name\":\"Ghana News\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/22cb97c2b08df229330efb2b8c2645feaae8d3ca3ee434035fbb668b5b82f570?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/22cb97c2b08df229330efb2b8c2645feaae8d3ca3ee434035fbb668b5b82f570?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/22cb97c2b08df229330efb2b8c2645feaae8d3ca3ee434035fbb668b5b82f570?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Ghana News\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/author\\\/ghanamma\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"England stars defend Harry Kane over Euro 2024 struggles \u2013 - Ghanamma.com","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/07\/09\/england-stars-defend-harry-kane-over-euro-2024-struggles\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"England stars defend Harry Kane over Euro 2024 struggles \u2013 - Ghanamma.com","og_description":"Luke Shaw and Trent Alexander-Arnold have both come to the defence of England captain Harry Kane, who has received harsh criticism for his performances at Euro 2024. Kane, who has led his nation since the 2018 World Cup, has found the back of the net just twice so far in Germany, with his overall performances [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/07\/09\/england-stars-defend-harry-kane-over-euro-2024-struggles\/","og_site_name":"Ghanamma.com","article_published_time":"2024-07-09T15:02:21+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1080,"height":608,"url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/image-827.png","type":"image\/png"}],"author":"Ghana News","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Ghana News","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/07\/09\/england-stars-defend-harry-kane-over-euro-2024-struggles\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/07\/09\/england-stars-defend-harry-kane-over-euro-2024-struggles\/"},"author":{"name":"Ghana News","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/#\/schema\/person\/c70749f3edfbfcd92d45e933f0fe10b5"},"headline":"England stars defend Harry Kane over Euro 2024 struggles \u2013","datePublished":"2024-07-09T15:02:21+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/07\/09\/england-stars-defend-harry-kane-over-euro-2024-struggles\/"},"wordCount":343,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/07\/09\/england-stars-defend-harry-kane-over-euro-2024-struggles\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/image-827.png","articleSection":["Sports"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/07\/09\/england-stars-defend-harry-kane-over-euro-2024-struggles\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/07\/09\/england-stars-defend-harry-kane-over-euro-2024-struggles\/","url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/07\/09\/england-stars-defend-harry-kane-over-euro-2024-struggles\/","name":"England stars defend Harry Kane over Euro 2024 struggles \u2013 - Ghanamma.com","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/07\/09\/england-stars-defend-harry-kane-over-euro-2024-struggles\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/07\/09\/england-stars-defend-harry-kane-over-euro-2024-struggles\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/image-827.png","datePublished":"2024-07-09T15:02:21+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/#\/schema\/person\/c70749f3edfbfcd92d45e933f0fe10b5"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/07\/09\/england-stars-defend-harry-kane-over-euro-2024-struggles\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/07\/09\/england-stars-defend-harry-kane-over-euro-2024-struggles\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/07\/09\/england-stars-defend-harry-kane-over-euro-2024-struggles\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/image-827.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/image-827.png","width":1080,"height":608},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/07\/09\/england-stars-defend-harry-kane-over-euro-2024-struggles\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"England stars defend Harry Kane over Euro 2024 struggles \u2013"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/","name":"Ghanamma.com","description":"Ghana mma provides breaking news, top stories in Ghana, Africa, business, entertainment, politics and more.","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/#\/schema\/person\/c70749f3edfbfcd92d45e933f0fe10b5","name":"Ghana News","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/22cb97c2b08df229330efb2b8c2645feaae8d3ca3ee434035fbb668b5b82f570?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/22cb97c2b08df229330efb2b8c2645feaae8d3ca3ee434035fbb668b5b82f570?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/22cb97c2b08df229330efb2b8c2645feaae8d3ca3ee434035fbb668b5b82f570?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Ghana News"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024"],"url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/author\/ghanamma\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/198141","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=198141"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/198141\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/198142"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=198141"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=198141"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=198141"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}