ARLINGTON.- With a double from his captain, Harry Kane, England won 4-2 Croatia this Wednesday in his debut in Group L of the North America World Cup 2026.
The forward of the Bayern Munich reached 10 goals in the World Cupwhich equaled Gary Lineker as the historic striker of the “Three Lions” in the biggest event in international football.
In the 12th minute, Kane converted a penalty committed by Luka Modric and scored with a header in the 42nd minute, but the chessmen reacted on both occasions with goals from Martin Baturina in 36 and Petar Musa in the 45+5.
Jude Bellingham In the 47th minute he took advantage of a fantastic pass from Elliot Anderson to uneven again and Marcus Rashford He ended up leading the way to victory in ’85.
In this match at the stadium of the Dallas Cowboys of the NLF in Arlington, TexasEngland showed enormous punch and only the inspiration of the Croatian goalkeeper, Dominik Livakovicprevented the score in their favor from being wider.
But the team Thomas Tuchel He also had problems taking control of the midfield against Croatia and suffered a lot when his rival stepped into the area.
Group L is completed Ghana and Panamawho faced each other this Wednesday.
Lula jokes about “hiring Messi” for Brazil
The Brazilian president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva joked this Wednesday about “hiring (Lionel) Messi to play in Brazil“, after a hat trick by the star of the archrival Argentina at its premiere in World Cup 2026.
The Canarinha, on the other hand, drew 1-1 in their debut against Morocco last Saturday.
“I was thinking about hiring Messi to play in Brazil,” Lula said in Genevaa day after the Argentine scored the three goals in the Albiceleste’s 3-0 victory against Algeria.
World champion in 2022, Messi thus caught up with the German Miroslav Klose as top scorer in World Cup history with 16 goals.
Asked about Brazil’s 1-1 draw against Morocco, the leftist president considered that the African team is “the best” in Group C and that “it was more difficult Spain tying (0-0) with Cape Verde“.
“It is said that whenever Brazil starts very discredited, it wins the World Cup,” Lula hoped, after participating in the G7 in France.
Fan of the CorinthiansLula, 80 years old, usually gives his opinion about football.
The president even assured in April that the coach of his team, the Italian Carlo Ancelottiasked him if he should summon Neymar.
“If he is physically prepared, he has football,” was Lula’s verdict on the Brazilian star.
