Harry Kane Masih Kandidat Kuat Peraih Sepatu Emas

Ia akan jadi pemain Inggris pertama yang meraih Sepatu Emas setelah Lineker.

REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, MOSKOW -- Harry Kane mengakui kekalahan Inggris dari Kroasia di semifinal Piala Dunia 2018 cukup menyakitkan. Inggris harus mengakui keunggulan Kroasia setelah Mario Mandzukic mencetak gol kemenangan pada waktu tambahan menit ke-109. Inggris gagal mencapai final untuk mengulangi Piala Dunia 1966.

"Ini sangat menyakitkan, ini menyakitkan untuk sementara, kami bisa bangga dan kami akan kembali, terima kasih atas semua dukungan kalian," tulis Kane di akun Instagramnya seperti dilansir dari The Guardian, Kamis (12/7).

Meski kalah, Kane menjadi kandidat terkuat peraih Sepatu Emas di Piala Dunia tahun ini. Ia akan menjadi pemain Inggris pertama yang berhasil meraih Sepatu Emas setelah Gary Lineker pada tahun 1986.

Selain Kane, Jesse Lingard menjadi pemain pertama yang mengungkapkan kesedihannya. Tapi pemain Manchester United itu memuji rekan-rekan satu timnya yang terus bekerja keras sampai akhir.

"Sebuah kehormatan mewakiliki negara saya di Piala Dunia, skuat yang kami miliki pemain-pemain yang ingin belajar dan memberikan segalanya, kami bisa menegakkan kepala kami, terima kasih semuanya yang telah mendukung kami di perjalanan ini, kami tidak berhenti di sini," kata Lingard.

Lineker juga tersingkir di semifinal Piala Dunia 1990 dari Jerman. Mantan penyerang Inggris tersebut memuji performa tim asuhan Gareth Southgate di Rusia. "Benar-benar tercekik, tapi pemain-pemain muda ini memberikan segalanya, ini sebuah langkah besar dan akan lebih baik lagi di masa depan, mereka bisa menegakkan kepala mereka, mereka membuat negara kami bangga, selamat kepada Kroasia," kata Lineker.

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Are Bathroom Hand Dryers Sanitary?

Public bathrooms are already a nightmare for anyone who hates germs, and I usually try to just not think about all of the bacteria around me. I cringe when I sit down on a public toilet seat or turn on a faucet, but a new study has me wondering whether I've been worried about the wrong thing all along. If you're wondering whether bathroom hand dryers are sanitary, you should know that a new study found they may spray you with more bacteria than you'd ever think. Researchers at the University of Connecticut analyzed public restrooms and found that hand dryers were dispersing Bacillus subtilis, a bacteria commonly found in human feces. If you're thinking about switching to paper towels permanently, I don't blame you. I prefer hand dryers because they're less messy and, supposedly, better for the environment, but you may also leave the bathroom with bacteria-covered hands. To understand the horrifying results, it's important to know how hand dryers actually work. After you poop, the bacteria can end up aerosolized thanks to flushing, especially because so many public bathrooms don't have lids on their toilets. Some hand dryers recirculate the air in the room, which leads to bacteria ending up on your hands after you wash them. The research team swabbed the hand dryers and didn't find enough germs to account for the bacteria output, according to Live Science, so scientists theorized that bacteria in the air is the cause. The good news is that you aren't likely to get sick from a hand dryer, even though the ick factor is high here. Researchers say the implications of their study are important for health care facilities and other sterilized environments, but most of our immune systems can handle the bacteria that's being blown our way. Adding HEPA filters to hand dryers could be one way to reduce the bacteria that's currently being spread, according to the UConn team. HEPA filters absorb particles and are often found in air purifiers, and the researchers found that bacteria was reduced fourfold after retrofitting hand dryers with the filters. Researchers already suspected that hand dryers were kind of gross. In February, a picture of a petri dish filled with gross-looking spores that were reportedly from a hand dryer got hundreds of thousands of shares on Facebook. A 2016 study found that jet hand dryers — the ultra-modern dryers that blow a lot of air quickly and actually get your hands dry in seconds — spread 1,300 more virus clumps than paper towels, according to Popular Science. But this study provides evidence of how the hand dryers become contaminated in the first place and steps that can be taken to reduce bacteria. So should you switch to paper towels? Like I said, I don’t blame you if you have the urge, but hand dryers are arguably better for the environment. Paper towels end up in the trash, while hand dryers don’t create any waste once they're manufactured, shipped and installed. Still, it’s kind of pointless to wash your hands and have them dirtier than they were when you came into the bathroom, so it’s your choice. Quartz says the findings are most useful for people who work in labs and handle harmful pathogens and healthcare facilities with immunocompromised patients — even though no one wants germs on them, you’ll likely be okay if you’re a healthy adult. And if a bathroom only has hand dryers, you aren’t left with much of a choice. Eventually, manufacturers will catch on and add air filters to hand dryers, but until then, just try not to think about it too much as you’re drying your hands in a public bathroom and use hand sanitizer liberally.