Just 18 years old and still to convince manager Glen Hoddle of his ability (he'd been left on the bench for the first two games of the '98 World Cup), Owen laid any doubts to rest with arguably the greatest England World Cup goal in history.
Against the auld enemy Argentina, it was a piece of individual brilliance that suggested our progress to the next round had somehow been preordained. Sadly, of course, this wasn't the case, but perhaps more tragically, who could have believed then that Owen would never return to the heights displayed here?
Though he is, no doubt, now rightly reflecting on a stellar England career that sees him sitting 4th in the all-time England goalscorers list, the wondrous abandon and skill of the teenager that ran defenders ragged that night in St Etienne would never really be seen again. Injuries, perhaps more than anything, prevented the fulfilment of that goal's promise.
Against the auld enemy Argentina, it was a piece of individual brilliance that suggested our progress to the next round had somehow been preordained. Sadly, of course, this wasn't the case, but perhaps more tragically, who could have believed then that Owen would never return to the heights displayed here?
Though he is, no doubt, now rightly reflecting on a stellar England career that sees him sitting 4th in the all-time England goalscorers list, the wondrous abandon and skill of the teenager that ran defenders ragged that night in St Etienne would never really be seen again. Injuries, perhaps more than anything, prevented the fulfilment of that goal's promise.
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