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At 34, Burn emerges as England's unlikely World Cup warrior
KANSAS CITY, Missouri, July 12 : The bicycle kick seemed destined for the corner of the net, one last desperate swing from a Mexico side roared on by nearly 90,000 fans at the Azteca Stadium. Instead, a towering figure in white rose above the chaos and headed the ball clear.Six days later, with England clinging to a lead deep in their 2-1 extra-time quarter-final win against Norway, Dan Burn hurled himself into Leo Ostigard to meet another high ball, sending it to safety with a ferocious header before stepping over the Norwegian defender and roaring towards the crowd.In those two moments, the 34-year-old centre back announced himself on the World Cup stage.Burn had been on the pitch only minutes when he was thrown into the heat of England's last-16 clash with Mexico after Thomas Tuchel's s
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