Harry Kane and able!

Harry Kane broke Englandrsquos alltime scoring record with his 54th international goal in Thursdayrsquos tight 21 win against Italy which kicked off his teamrsquos Euro 24 qualifying campaign in positive styleGareth Southgatersquos side were already a goal ahead through Declan Rice when captain Kane stroked home a 44thminute penalty to overtake Wayne Rooney and help England to a handy Group lsquoCrsquo win in Naples over the European championsldquoIt means everything I was so excited to put the England shirt on and get back out and get the campaign started for next yearrsquos Eurosrdquo said KaneRetegui scores on debutTen minutes after the break Argentineborn striker Mateo Retegui netted for the Italians first on debut for his new country but couldnrsquot do more despite late pressure and Luke Shaw being sent offKane had been locked with Rooney on 53 goals for his national team after missing a penalty in Englandrsquos World Cup quarterfinal defeat by France in December However he made no mistake from the spot this time at the Stadio Diego Armando Maradona after VAR penalised Giovanni Di Lorenzo for handballSouthgate said on Wednesday that England needed to start beating the big teams if theyrsquore to end a near sixdecade major tournament drought and beating Italy away for the first time since 1961 is goodFor Italy it was a frustrating firsthalf A spirited effort after the break in which they restricted England to very little showed why Roberto Mancinirsquos side should be one of the two teams which qualifies from a fiveteam group that also features Ukraine North Macedonia and MaltaldquoI saw a proper team out there in the second half and that bodes well for the future We might be starting on the wrong foot but hope it ends up being a smoother riderdquo said ManciniAlso readHarry Kane becomes Tottenhams jointleading scorer with winnerEngland seemed more dangerous as Bukayo Saka had the gamersquos first shot on target in the eighth minute Four minutes later Jude Bellingham stung Gianluigi Donnarummarsquos fingers with a powerful shot following great work from Jack Grealish and Kane and from the subsequent corner England scored The ball fell to Kane whose shot was blocked but fell to Rice who scoredEngland continued to push forward after going ahead and Kalvin Phillips went closest to doubling their lead in the 32nd minute with a low drive until Di Lorenzo handed Kane the chance to make history The game seemed to be heading for an easy England win but Retegui pulled one back with a smart low finish after a fine pass by Lorenzo PellegriniHuge crowdThe 45000 crowd roared on Italy after Shaw as sent off after two quickfire yellow cards the second for chopping down Retegui to stop an attack But Italy couldnrsquot make it count and lost their a home match in Euro qualifying for the first time 199954Record number of goals for Englandrsquos Harry KaneThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever