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TURIN. — Tottenham winger Andros Townsend came off the bench to steal the limelight from club-mate Harry Kane with a late equaliser in England’s 1-1 draw against Italy in an international friendly soccer match in Turin on Tuesday night.

England manager Roy Hodgson was forced to hand Spurs sensation Kane his full debut alongside Wayne Rooney due to injuries to both Daniel Sturridge and Danny Welbeck.

But while the 21-year-old Kane failed to shine, Townsend made the most of his 20-minute appearance beating Gianluigi Buffon with a fine strike 11 minutes from full time to level Graziano Pelle’s 29th minute opener.

Hodgson – whose side lost 2-1 to Italy when they met at the group stage in last year’s World Cup finals – admitted the first-half display had been short of what he wanted but he was delighted with the performance following the break. — AFP.