France goalkeeper, Hugo Lloris, has revealed he sent a text message to England captain Harry Kane after his Tottenham Hotspur team-mate blazed a late penalty over the crossbar in his side’s 2-1 World Cup quarter-final defeat on Saturday.
Kane’s late miss proved decisive in a game that sent England crashing out of the World Cup.
But Lloris, who has been Kane’s teammate in north London for the best part of a decade, was quick to reach out to the striker who was crestfallen at the final whistle.
“It’s a difficult time for the England national team and Harry,” Lloris told reporters on Tuesday ahead of Wednesday’s semifinal against Morocco.
“I don’t need to go too much further. We had a text [exchange] after the game. It was not easy to find the words. He needed some time to rest.
“But I think he can be proud of what he has done for the national team.”
Lloris and Kane will be back in action for Spurs against Brentford on Dec. 26 when the Premier League swings back into action after its winter break for the World Cup.
