Harry Kane's Mission to Avenge England's Wembley Heartbreak

After England advanced to Sunday's Euro 2024 final thanks to a last-minute surprise from Ollie Watkins, Harry Kane has sworn to end the country's years of pain and vengeance at Wembley.

After their historic 2-1 win against the Netherlands, England will go to Berlin to face Spain in the final, hoping to redeem themselves from their painful penalty shootout loss to Italy at home three years ago. This will be their second consecutive appearance in the European final.

"We are going to give everything to win," Kane said. "I missed it by one step in the last Euros. That hurt us for a long time.

"know it hurt the nation for a long time. We've worked hard to get to this moment and will do everything possible to bring back that trophy." Gareth Southgate's men's squad has made history by being the first English team to reach a significant final abroad. They were widely criticized following a lackluster start to the competition but have since recovered to go this weekend's final.

For the second time under Southgate's leadership, they are now within striking distance of ending a trophy drought that began with the 1966 World Cup. Kane is eager to lead the team to victory capably, hoping to emulate the great Bobby Moore.

Xavi Simons had given the Dutch the lead with a long-range shot in the first half, but Kane's penalty in the first half tied the scores. "There was a lot of talk early, understandably, because we weren't playing as well as I know we can," he added.

In the end, however, I did say to evaluate us once the event was over. Gradually, we have been making progress, and we deserve it.

Naturally, there's the sense that there's still one more round left. We still have a ways to go. The fact that we have made it this far is something to be proud of, but it is not the main reason we are here. We want to come out on top.

All three of England's elimination games leading up to the final have ended in stunning comeback victories.

Here, Watkins came in as a substitute for a fatigued Kane with nine minutes remaining, and he was the hero as the clock went into extra time thanks to his spectacular turn and strike, which caused frenzied celebrations.

"It showed the character, the resilience, everything we speak about," Kane added. "It took a memorable moment from Ollie.

"e speak a lot about being together as a team and all 26 players being ready for their opportunity. You never know when it will come, so be ready to take your chance. And Ollie did that, so I'm proud of him.""After the game, Watkins said that he had foretold the partnership between himself and replacement Cole Palmer, who helped him out.

"I said to Cole at half-time that he was going to set me up," said Watkins. "It happened. I manifested it!"

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