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Andy Dunn

World Cup legend claims VAR made Harry Kane "overthink" England penalty against France

Jurgen Klinsmann believes Harry Kane had too much time to think about the importance of the penalty that could have saved England’s World Cup dream.

Initially, Wilton Sampaio did not award a spot-kick after Mason Mount had been pushed over by Theo Hernandez but the Brazilian referee gave the penalty after VAR intervened. There was then another delay while England players argued that Hernandez should have been sent off.

And when Kane got the go-ahead to take the penalty, experts have claimed the England captain took 13 seconds longer than normal to execute his kick. Klinsmann, a member of FIFA’s technical study group at Qatar 2022, reckons the delay was costly.

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