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Tony Adams: Harry Kane WILL finally break his World Cup 2022 duck against Senegal as England cause set-piece mayhem
Tony Adams: Harry Kane WILL finally break his World Cup 2022 duck against Senegal as England cause set-piece mayhem
Published on December 02, 2022 at 12:47 PM
HARRY KANE will be licking his lips at the thought of facing Senegal, thinking: ‘Hallelujah! This is where I break my duck at the World Cup.’
I’m certain there will be plenty of opportunities, particularly from set-plays, because, having studied our opponents, it’s quite clear that, while they are a group of very talented individuals, they are not a team.
Harry Kane is still on the hunt for his first goal of this World CupTony Adams questioned how much of a united team Senegal areIf Kane and Harry Maguire make a nuisance of themselves at corners and free-kicks, they will get their rewards.
A third of all goals come from set-pieces and that’s never changed down the years.
It’s no different in the World Cup, Premier League, or League Two.
They are so important and we’re good at them.
I thought I was doing well with my five goals in 66 caps but Maguire’s got seven from 51 which is not too shabby.
Defensively, Senegal are poorly organised. I’m looking at Chelsea’s Kalidou Koulibaly and, although he has ability, he plays for himself and doesn’t organise the men around him.
His relationship with keeper Edouard Mendy, another Chelsea player, seems to be non-existent.
As a defence, you have to make play predictable, you have to be solid and you have to work together, making sure there’s no holes, communicating with your keeper, your full-backs and your midfield.
Koulibaly will get exposed one v one without the help he needs around him and that’s when the likes of Marcus Rashford can exploit him.
I remember our old Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger getting us to do one v ones in training using the whole pitch.
There was a lightning-quick Thierry Henry against me.
I’ve got no full-backs or midfield in front of me and Thierry, with his space and skill, just went past me.
I walked in and said to Arsene: “Don’t ever do that to me again. I’ve spent my whole career playing so I don’t get into that situation by working with the rest of the defence.”;
That was how I was so successful, making sure the unit was always solid and no one was left isolated.
Senegal aren’t structured like that but England are.
We’re bedding down John Stones and Maguire together which is a good, organised pair and they are well drilled.
Defence is the only area of the pitch where you need familiarity and consistency.
It’s all about those partnerships at the back which I used to keep saying to Arsene, who had this irritating policy of rotating defenders.
The only thing that’s predictable about Senegal is that they’re unpredictable.
They are very inventive and flamboyant and have a lot of talent but, while they will score goals, they’ll always let them in.
As for England, as Craig Revel Horwood said to me as I danced the quickstep on Strictly: “That was better.”;
We had people running in behind against the Welsh while Maguire was spraying the ball across the pitch and stretched it — which is what I’d been crying out for.
While we did well against them, we shouldn’t forget the lads who started against Iran.
