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    Harry Kane braces for Jude Bellingham battle in Champions League semi-final clash

    Planet Sport writerStaff Writer18 April 2024
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    Harry Kane is ready to go into battle against Jude Bellingham for a spot in the Champions League final before the pair aim to lead England to Euro 2024 glory.

    England captain Kane moved to Bayern Munich from Tottenham last year while Bellingham left Borussia Dortmund to join Real Madrid.

    Both helped their respective clubs to Champions League quarter-final wins over Premier League sides on Wednesday night as Bayern beat Arsenal and Real saw off Manchester City on penalties. Bellingham scored in that shoot-out while Kane netted a first-leg spot-kick at the Emirates Stadium.

    Those wins tee up a mouth-watering semi-final clash between two clubs who have won 20 European Cups between them.

    Despite Arsenal and City being eliminated, meaning the first semi-final line-up since 2020 with no Premier League clubs, Kane believes there will still be plenty of English interest in how he and Bellingham fare.

    "Jude has had a fantastic season, he's a top player," he said.

    "I'm really happy for him but it will be another war against his team – but that's the experiences that we both went abroad to try to achieve, to play in these big nights in the Champions League, to play in these big semi-finals.

    "It will be one to enjoy and I'm sure there will be a lot of English fans watching both of us. We have to focus on ourselves. Of course, I'll say hello but once we're on the pitch, it's business."

    Kane is still yet to win a major trophy in his career and also has the added incentive of the Champions League final taking place at Wembley on June 1, with either Dortmund or Paris St Germain awaiting the winner of Real and Bayern.

    "For both of us, for sure," Kane replied when asked if Wembley is the dream for him and Bellingham.

    "With Wembley being our national stadium, it's extra motivation there for us but there are two games ahead of us before that, which are going to be really tough so we have to focus on that.

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    "Real Madrid are a big club with amazing history in the Champions League so it's going to be a really difficult game for us.

    "But that's what the semi-finals of the Champions League are all about, the biggest teams, so we enjoy this tonight and then prepare for that game in a couple of weeks."

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