Harry Kane: England is proud of us, but it's not enough

Harry Kane is pleased to have booked a place in the semifinals of the World Cup, where he will clash with Croatia, but the captain of England will not be fully satisfied unless he wins the grand triofoe on 15 July.

England defeated Sweden 2-0 in Samara, thanks to the goals of Harry Maguire and Dele Alli, as “Three Lions” reached the first World Cup semifinal of 28 years. They played for the last time in a World semifinal in “Italy 1990”. Kane is glad that his team can inspire the next generation, but it does more than make the nation proud.

It's incredible, because players, both professionals, know our work both in the field and outside. It's good to inspire people, Kane said. I was one of those kids who grew up wanting to play for England, so I could be here and become part of it, to lead this team. That makes me so proud.

I'm proud that former players are proud of us and I'm sure we're raising memories of them. We said we wanted to write our story. We hope we can move forward and get to final”.

The 24-year-old remains the World Cup's top goal scorer, with six goals, despite being unable to score for the first time in Russia's tournament against Sweden on Saturday evening.

Tottenham's strikers have taken him to 52 for a season, for club and national. Kane says that although he was not yet born to experience the 1990 World Cup, the team of England remains aware of the context of what it accomplished.

Yes, of course many of us had not yet been born, when the 1990 World Cup was playing, told Kane. We're happy to make fans proud. That's what we wanted to do when we left for Russia. We wanted to play good football, work hard, play passion. We already feel like we've done this, so we're enjoying everything”. He's done.