Kane: Actions speak louder than words
Captain Harry Kane admits talk is cheap and England must prove they can deliver at Euro 2020.
England play Denmark in tonight’s semi-final with 60,000 fans due at Wembley. England have never reached thefinalofaeuropeanchampionship and Kane knows actions speak louder than words.
"It's a chance to go out there and prove it, we can talk as much as we want but the bottom line is we have to go out there and perform," said the striker, inset. "We can go and be free, enjoy it, but have a real focus on trying to get through to the final.
"Whenever you are an England player in a major tournament every game is a highpressure situation.
"I spoke after the Germany game about the pressure that was on us as a team to perform. We came through that well and, the further you go, we were expected to win the Ukraine game. But you still have to go out there and perform under that pressure. It's partandparcelofmajortournament football.
"Alotofushavebeendealing with it at club level, Champions League finals, cup finals, so the squad is more experienced than it was in 2018.
"It's about performing on the matchdays, there's a lot of talk going into this semi-final and it's a chance for us to go one step further than we did in Russia in 2018."
England lost to Denmark at Wembley less than a year ago, Christian Eriksen's penalty giving the visitors a 1-0 Nations League win in October after Harry Maguire's dismissal. That followed a 0-0 draw in Copenhagen in Septemberbutkane, who has three goals at the tournament, insisted those games will have no bearing tonight.
The Tottenham star said: "They have some great individual players but their biggest strength is them as a whole, their technical ability andmentalityasateam.they don't concede many goals, they score in a lot of games and they have a lot of good qualities.”