Harry Kane feels England are 'knocking on the door' of lifting the World Cup

Harry Kane feels England are "knocking on the door" of winning the World Cup as he backs the Three Lions to get it over the line.

The Three Lions play Argentina on Wednesday evening and are just two victories away from ending 60 years of hurt.

Captain Kane knows it has been a golden period for England as he sets his eyes on lifting the World Cup.

He told a press conference: "It's been an extremely successful era of our national team. Of course, we want to get over the line. That is the missing piece now.

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"We're knocking on the door. We're getting to these semi-finals and finals. It's a big week. We've got eight days left on this tournament.

"We've been together six weeks and shown every bit of desire for the badge, and we're going to need an even bigger push now for the last week or so.

"Ultimately we are in a semi-final of the World Cup, and that has not always been the case for this national team so we have to enjoy it."

Jude Bellingham produced a performance to remember in the quarter-finals against Norway.

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England's star man took the game by the scruff of the neck, scoring two brilliant goals to win the contest 2-1.

Despite the win, Thomas Tuchel was unhappy with his side's performance, feeling that they got lucky.

Kane accepted both comments from his teammate and manager, praising the players' work rate but insisting that England have another level to reach.

The captain said: "When he sees us train and sees the closeness of us and sees what we can do, especially with the players we have, the way we attack, our one-on-ones and the skills, he just wants to see that version of us.

"He knows as much as anyone that it's not as simple as that, we're playing against good opposition and good teams.

"He's trying to drag it out of us, and we know ourselves we have another level that we can reach.

"We haven't seen that yet, we've shown it in glimpses. Against Norway it was in glimpses.

"But we haven't had full control that we would like, and I feel we can have.

"But at this stage of the tournament you are playing against the best teams in the world.

"We'll be playing against one of the best teams in the world in the semi-final, so the most pleasing thing is that we are in a semi-final and we can still feel like we can improve.

"But I don't think it is something to get really over the top about. We are showing a lot of good things."

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