England football

Striker Harry Kane has overtaken Wayne Rooney to become England's all-time record goalscorer after reaching 54 goals in for his country.

"Playing for England is probably my greatest feeling in football and I want to do it for as long as possible. "It's the first time that England have won in Italy for a long, long time and to be part of that is amazing. "But I'm 29, I'm feeling fit and I'm feeling strong. And to everyone in here, thank you to everyone who has made this dream come alive. "I want to also say a big thank you to my teammates, to the staff, the fans, my family back home and my wife. Kane scored from the spot right before half-time after VAR awarded a penalty for handball to England against Leonardo Spinazzola.

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"It's the first time that England have won in Italy for a long, long time and to be part of that is amazing. And to everyone in here, thank you to everyone who has made this dream come alive." [Jack Grealish](http://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/172850/Jack-Grealish) missed a glorious chance to make it 3-0 on the stroke of half-time. "I knew it wouldn't take long but that was quick. "I want to also say a big thank you to my teammates, to the staff, the fans, my family back home and my wife. [Jude Bellingham](http://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/291281/Jude-Bellingham) ran the show in the early stages for England and he forced a superb save from Donnarumma when he let fly with a ferocious shot from distance. Congrats Harry!" [Argentina](/football/team?id=202)-born Retegui smashed a low shot past [Jordan Pickford](http://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/159443/Jordan-Pickford). [Luke Shaw](http://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/167127/Luke-Shaw) was sent off for a second yellow card to leave England to defend the final minutes with 10 men. [Giovanni Di Lorenzo](http://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/155904/Giovanni-Di-Lorenzo) was penalised for handball in the 42nd minute, finding the corner to claim another scoring record. [Harry Maguire](http://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/157073/Harry-Maguire). [European Championship](/football/league/_/name/UEFA.EURO), won on penalties by Italy, England were vastly superior in the first half and went into the break with a 2-0 lead courtesy of [Declan Rice](http://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/238262/Declan-Rice) and Kane's record-breaking strike from the penalty spot.

Italy broke numerous records this evening, as they hadn't lost their opening European Championship qualifier since 1974 and had lost to England in ...

They had lost to England only once before in competitive football, a 2-0 World Cup qualifier in November 1977, along with two draws and eight defeats. The last time they lost the opening fixture in the qualifying campaign for the European Championship was 3-1 to the Netherlands in 1974. Italy broke numerous records this evening, as they hadn’t lost their opening European Championship qualifier since 1974 and had lost to England in competitive matches only once.

Minute-by-minute report: Harry Kane became his country's all-time record goalscorer as England won in Italy for the first time since 1961.

[England](https://www.theguardian.com/football/england) again. [England](https://www.theguardian.com/football/england) share first spot in the group with the Macedonians. We’d previously been informed that he’d gone into the book for a row with Spoinazzola, but as he’s not also been shown a red, turns out that was nonsense. The ball pings out for another corner. Di Lorenzo goes over in the environs of Trippier. 90 min +4: Tonali swings in from the left. [England](https://www.theguardian.com/football/england) shirt back on … Gnonto down the left. It wasn’t perfect, of course: England lost Luke Shaw to a couple of quickfire yellows, and perhaps more worryingly lost a bit of momentum in that second half; they really should have put the game to bed with their dominant first-half display. 90 min +5: Tonali probes down the right. I was so excited to put the England captain and all-time record goalscorer Harry Kane speaks to Channel 4.

The Three Lions manager spoke about the latest achievement of his captain Harry Kane, who became England's record goalscorer.

Speaking about the team's performance, Southgate added: "We showed two sides, without a doubt. "We should've had the game buried and been 3-0 at half time, and if you start any half of football the way we did in the second half you're going to be in trouble and we conceded a really poor goal with several errors in the lead up to it. "To break the record in the way that he did, given the recent history, is an indication of his strength of character and mentality.”

He smashes home a spot-kick just before half-time, to score his 54th international goal. Read more at straitstimes.com.

And the 45,000 crowd roared on Italy after Shaw was sent off after two quick-fire yellow cards, the second for chopping down Retegui to stop a dangerous Italy attack. Thursday’s match was the first since the passing of Gianluca Vialli, and there was a moving pre-match tribute to the former Sampdoria, Juventus and Chelsea forward who was a key part of Mancini’s staff. For Italy it was a frustrating night as a bad first-half display cost the Azzurri the chance to give England another bloody nose after winning Euro 2020 at their expense and relegating them from the Nations League top tier.

Max Rushden is joined by Barry Glendenning, John Brewin and Nicky Bandini as Harry Kane became England's all-time record scorer in Naples.

Today; England beat Italy in Italy for the first time since 1961 to start their Euro 2024 qualification campaign with three points. But we increasingly need our readers to fund our work. And we want to keep our journalism open and accessible to all.

It was not cathartic but it was apt that when the moment came Harry Kane scored the goal from the penalty spot. One hundred and three days after ballooning the ...

Kane does still feel like the one player in the team who is irreplaceable and as England struggled in the second-half it was the captain who, time and again, provided the relief with his measured hold up play. Italy tried to scuff the spot, just as France had done in the World Cup, and tried to put Kane off but it was never going to happen. Kane is in extraordinary rarefied company and his average is the equal best. No Englishman – not Rooney, not Sir Bobby Charlton, not Gary Lineker, not Jimmy Greaves – has ever scored more goals for his country than Kane and it will take something remarkable to take it away from him. He helped force the first goal, with a shot deflected to Declan Rice from a corner, and he induced the second as Giovanni Di Lorenzo panicked under pressure from Kane and handled the ball to concede a penalty. Unfortunately it was diametrically opposed to what happened in the second-half.