Kane hopes for strong referees

England striker Harry Kane has urged referees to “stay strong” in the face of theatrics at the upcoming European Championship in France.

Kane was the victim of a brutal challenge from Portugal defender Bruno Alves during the 1-0 victory at Wembley on Thursday evening.

The Tottenham forward was praised for electing to play on after the incident, rather than make an attempt to get the centre-back sent off by over-reacting to the challenge.

The 22 year-old’s honesty was rewarded when Italian official Marco Guida produced a straight red card for Alves and Kane has urged other referees at this summer’s tournament to similarly reward fair play.

“I’m always someone who always gets up and doesn’t make the most of it,” said the striker.

“It’s good that the ref stayed strong. Other refs might have thought it wasn’t as bad as it was and maybe given him a yellow but it was a sending off at the end of the …

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