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The Guardian - UK
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David Hytner in Belgrade

Kane hopes England can show ‘best version of ourselves’ in hostile Serbia

Harry Kane in training for England
‘It was pretty hostile’: Harry Kane’s memories of playing in Serbia’s Rajko Mitic Stadium. Photograph: Eddie Keogh/The FA/Getty Images

Harry Kane has played before at the Red Star Stadium in Belgrade. It was with his former club Tottenham in 2019 and it is for good reason that the England captain lists it among his top three most intimidating away venues. The others, for the record, are Marseille’s Vélodrome and Galatasaray’s Rams Park.

Kane went to the former with Spurs in 2022 and it did not matter that the Virage Nord was closed after incidents involving the Marseille support. He sampled the ear-splitting whistles of the latter with his current club, Bayern Munich, in 2023. Red Star’s ground is called the Rajko Mitic Stadium these days but the basic malevolence has not changed.

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