On Sunday in Germany the 17th European Football Championship. In the decisive confrontation of the tournament, the Spanish national team snatched victory from England at the very end, inflicting the sixth defeat in the final on the captain of the pioneers of football, Harry Kane. Sport is about an unlucky goalscorer who, by the age of 30, had not lifted a single trophy over his head.
Ruthless Spain punished boring England: all about the Euro 202 final4July 14, 19:00
Stories of defeats bring sadness, but that makes them are no less popular in the football world than “golden” memories. Everyone knows that the great goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon lost three Champions League finals — the “eared” cup did not submit to the Italian. GiGi's no less illustrious compatriot Alessandro Del Piero suffered setbacks, and Arjen Robben from the Netherlands was crushed in the finals of the Champions League and the 2010 World Cup.
However, Michael Ballack was considered to be the most unlucky. The German national team captain lost in all the significant finals in his eventful career: he twice stopped one step away from winning the Champions League with Bayer Leverkusen and Chelsea, while with the Bundesmannschaft he was left with silver at the 2002 World Cup and Euro 2008 … Utter horror.
In 2024, Ballack also faded into the background. Yesterday, today, and in the coming weeks, fans and media will be discussing Harry Kane. Why? Because England's all-time leading scorer has already lost six finals. And not a single successful outcome. Over the weekend, Kane — let's face it — blundered in Berlin and was replaced in the second half, the climax of which was left to the Spaniards. The title of one of the six top scorers at Euro 2024 is unlikely to console the striker.
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"Losing in the final is the hardest thing that can happen. We did a great job of getting back into the game and equalized, but we couldn't take the chance to continue. We couldn't keep the ball and were punished. This is as painful as it gets.” (Sky Sports)
We've dealt with one disappointing match. What were the other five?
- In 2015, Tottenham Hotspur, for which Kane played for 12 years, reached the FA Cup final league, but lost to Chelsea with a score of 2:0.
- The UEFA Champions League final of the 2018/19 season might not have happened if not for the miracle in Amsterdam and the comeback from 0:2 in the return match with Ajax. But the Spurs got to Madrid… And they couldn’t do anything about Jurgen Klopp’s magnificent Liverpool (0:2).
- 2021 Once again Kane and the London club are one win away from the English League Cup. Unfortunately, Aymeric Laporte scored the only goal in the 82nd minute, and the trophy went to Manchester City.
- At Euro 2020, postponed to 2021 due to the pandemic coronavirus, everything went into the hands of the founders of football. But even in the final at London's Wembley Arena, it was not possible to take the first European title — Italy tied (1:1) and ended the matter in a penalty shootout.
- Kane moved to Bayern last summer. And he “doomed” the Munich team to the worst season in the last 12 years. We lost devastatingly to Leipzig in the German Super Cup (0:3) and away we go — no Bundesliga gold, no national Cup, no success in the Champions League.
However, Kane did not lower the bar (he was good in the Bundesliga, but at the Euro he became the top scorer in the history of the playoffs of the European Championships) and his fans do not lose heart. The footballer is relatively young, so there is still more than one season at the top level ahead. All we have to do is wait for the end of the black streak, but for now keep working and don’t lose a positive attitude.
““It’s no secret that I haven’t won any trophies yet. And the more years pass, the more motivation I have.”
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