As Gary Lineker volunteered a few minutes in, let’s hope Harry Kane can come out of this scoring slump. England’s new striker found it tough going on his first start although in fairness he was not the only one struggling for any momentum until one of the substitutes, Andros Townsend, fired in the goal that maintains the team’s unbeaten record since the World Cup.
Townsend should cherish the moment he took aim, from over 20 yards out, and beat a goalkeeper of Gianluigi Buffon’s distinction with a pearl of a shot. The ball was still rising as it hit the net and England could conceivably have gone on to win the match from that point. Wayne Rooney alone could reflect on three second-half chances without managing to pull level with Lineker’s total of 48 England goals or get any closer to Sir Bobby Charlton’s all-time record of 49.
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