owen hargreaves was the last england player to score a hat-trick at world cup.
owen hargreaves was the last england player to score a hat-trick at world cup.
last england player to score a hat-trick at world cup?
owen hargreaves
at the 2018 fifa world cup, england were drawn in a group featuring belgium, tunisia and debutants panama. the first match was played against tunisia; in which england won 2–1 with two goals from captain harry kane, including a stoppage-time winner. in the next match, england hammered panama 6–1; marking england's largest win at a major tournament, with a brace from john stones, a hat-trick from harry kane and a goal from jesse lingard; the match secured both england and belgium's advancement into the round of sixteen. with the hat-trick, harry kane became the third england player to score a hat-trick in a world cup match, after geoff hurst against germany in the 1966 final and gary lineker against poland in 1986. england's third and final game was against belgium; which england lost 0–1, finishing second in the group. england played with colombia in the round of sixteen; in which they led 1–0 through a penalty from harry kane before conceding a stoppage-time equaliser from colombia to take the match to extra-time; the match could not be finished in extra-time, leading the match to penalties; which england won 4–3 with eric dier scoring the winning penalty, securing england's first penalty shootout win at the world cup, and also just their second penalty shootout win at a major tournament, the previous being against spain at euro 1996. england's quarter-final meeting was against sweden; which they won 2–0, with goals from harry maguire and dele alli; qualifying england for their first semi-final since 1990, in which they finished in fourth place.
history of the england national football team
gary lineker was the last england player before kane to notch more than one goal in consecutive world cup matches, 32 years ago. at mexico 1986, lineker followed up a hat-trick against poland with a brace against paraguay. this was england's biggest win at a major tournament. stones became the first england defender to score two goals in a world cup match. kane is the first player to score at least twice in both of his first two world cup appearances since grzegorz lato of poland in 1974. kane is the third england player to score a hat-trick in a world cup match, after geoff hurst against germany in the 1966 final and gary lineker against poland in 1986.
2018 fifa world cup group g