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Josh O'Brien

Tottenham's Antonio Conte makes Harry Kane prediction after World Cup penalty miss

Tottenham boss Antonio Conte has backed Harry Kane to bounce back for his club after the striker missed a crucial penalty for England in the quarter finals of the World Cup against France.

The sight of a nation's star man blasting a spot-kick over the crossbar when the stakes were at their highest is nothing new to Conte, who was part of the Italy national team when Roberto Baggio skied his effort in the shootout against Brazil at the 1994 World Cup.

That miss had a long-lasting, damaging impact on Baggio, who admitted he could feel himself 'dying inside' when he thought about how the miss would go down back in Italy. Conte has since recalled the moment and compared the situation to the one Kane finds himself in currently.

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