Kane breaks Shilton's record and reaches a new career milestone

Record international match Next career highlight: England's national coach Thomas Tuchel praises his captain Harry Kane. On Thursday the Bayern striker will play his 126th international for the Three Lions in London against Croatia at 20:45 at Wembley Stadium. With this he overtakes Peter Shilton, who until now had 125 appearances.

Kane himself describes the match as one of the biggest milestones of his career. Before kickoff he is to be honored for winning the Ballon d’Or.

Milestone and Ballon d’Or Honour

Tuchel explains that the simultaneous presentation of the trophy makes the day an all‑round beautiful event, because it brings the trophy into the country. He emphasizes that this underlines his status as a professional, his demeanor and his lineup.

Harry Kane set to become England's most-capped men's player against Croatia

Tuchel predicts that Kane will score even more goals and play additional internationals. He assures that Kane will start as captain from the beginning the next day. The 33‑year‑old striker, who helped England to a third‑place finish at the World Cup, is the record scorer of his country with 91 goals.

Nevertheless, he has so far missed a major trophy with the national team. Kane stresses that his biggest dream is to win a European Championship, a World Cup or both, and that he is extremely motivated to achieve that.

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