Kane insists England sent message to European rivals with Croatia thrashing

[p]Thomas Tuchel's side ran riot in Rijeka on Saturday thanks to [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/kane-harry/v5HSlEAa/"]Kane[/a]'s double and a brace from [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/saka-bukayo/08NLEo06/"]Bukayo Saka[/a].[/p][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/bellingham-jude/QNvlPm7s/"]Jude Bellingham[/a], [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/gordon-anthony/EFo95m2P/"]Anthony Gordon[/a] and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/rogers-morgan/lp4jm80n/"]Morgan Rogers[/a] were also on target for the Three Lions in the biggest win of Tuchel's reign.[/p][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/bayern-munich/nVp0wiqd/"]Bayern Munich[/a] striker Kane, who has 89 goals from 124 internationals, believes the dynamic performance served as a blueprint for [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/england/j9N9ZNFA/"]England[/a] as they build towards co-hosting Euro 2028.[/p][p]It was a stark contrast to England's meek surrender when Tuchel adopted a defensive game plan in the closing stages of their World Cup semi-final loss to [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/argentina/f9OppQjp/"]Argentina[/a] in July.[/p][p][b]"Even when we were 1-0 up, we went for two, went for three, went for four, and that's got to be our mentality,"[/b] Kane said.[/p][p][b]"When you have a certain style of playing, you can't just pick and choose when you want to do it. It's just relentless. It's non-stop.[/b][/p][p][b]"You get four, you want five. You go and have a really hungry mentality.[/b][/p][p][b]"That's needed to change, especially in the bigger games, in the bigger tournaments, and these games will only help us."[/b][/p][embed guid="f753ab93-13cc-4c08-b005-c95102414e5e" url="https://x.com/England/status/2106746160958570893" social-type="twitter" /][p]Inflicting [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/croatia/K8aznggo/"]Croatia[/a]'s heaviest ever defeat, England showed the pace, poise and movement that went missing in the latter stages of the World Cup.[/p][p]Kane is convinced England's ability to put Croatia to the sword showed they are not to be underestimated by the other top sides in Europe.[/p][p][b]"We're playing against a really good side. We can't take this type of win for granted because it could have been a really tricky game for us,"[/b] the England captain said.[/p][p][b]"And it's always just sending messages - not just to yourself, but to the other teams around Europe. I think we've done that again.[/b][/p][p][b]"We're hungry. We're a young team. We have players in amazing form right now, and I think everyone's just excited to be out there on the pitch.[/b][/p][p][b]"Performances like this will only make us more motivated."[/b][/p][embed guid="8b42cedd-63ba-4d7d-a930-5c8af8db8b80" url="https://x.com/England/status/2106648011560645119" social-type="twitter" /][p]Kane is set to become England's joint highest-capped player on Tuesday against the [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/czech-republic/6LHwBDGU/"]Czech Republic[/a] at Wembley, when he will draw level with [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/shilton-peter/lr7B4o38/"]Peter Shilton[/a] on 125 caps.[/p][p]The 33-year-old also has another target in his sights as he is 11 away from a century of international goals.[/p][p][b]"It's coming. It's 89 now, so obviously, it's getting closer and closer,"[/b] he said.[/p][p][b]"We have a special game on Tuesday in terms of the caps; obviously, 100 goals is a nice round number, and it would be incredible to reach, of course."[/b][/p][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/czech-republic-6LHwBDGU/england-j9N9ZNFA/?mid=OvE4kA1E"]Follow the game with Flashscore.[/a][/p]