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England were undeterred by a thunderstorm that delayed their last World Cup warm-up affable arsenic they bushed Costa Rica 3-0 successful Orlando connected Wednesday (June 10, 2026).
Anthony Gordon was the prima of the amusement with a extremity and an assistance arsenic helium made his lawsuit to commencement up of Marcus Rashford successful England's World Cup opener against Croatia connected June 17.
Kick-off was postponed by 1 hr aft torrential rainfall and lightning successful Florida near the transportation astatine the astatine the Inter&Co Stadium heavy waterlogged up of the planned 4 p.m. kick-off time.
The acquisition could beryllium adjuvant to Thomas Tuchel's broadside successful the coming weeks with upwind delays expected to play a salient portion successful the archetypal ever 48-team World Cup, which begins connected Thursday.
Tuchel appeared to awesome his squad enactment for the Croatia clash arsenic helium named a beardown broadside and held disconnected connected substitutions until conscionable aft the hr mark.
Gordon and Jude Bellingham were the large winners arsenic the second edged up of Morgan Rogers successful the conflict to commencement down Harry Kane successful attack.
New Barcelona winger Gordon bushed his antheral to scope the byline and chopped the shot backmost for Declan Rice to unfastened the scoring connected 9 minutes.
Gordon thought helium had won a punishment conscionable earlier the interruption but referee Katja Koroleva overturned her archetypal determination aft a VAR review.
Kane was withdrawn among six changes made by Tuchel connected 63 minutes.
The England captain's lack meant Gordon took work from the punishment spot erstwhile Eberechi Eze's changeable came disconnected the limb of a Costa Rica defender.
Bellingham's spot successful Tuchel's starting line-up has been questioned, but the Real Madrid midfielder showed his people with a jinking tally wrong the container to acceptable up Eze successful the build-up to the penalty.
Gordon dispatched the spot-kick emphatically for his 3rd planetary goal.
Rogers fluffed a glorious accidental for a 3rd extremity aft sumptuous walk from Eze played him cleanable through.
But the Aston Villa midfielder was progressive erstwhile his changeable was parried into the way of Ollie Watkins to circular disconnected the scoring.
The Three Lions volition caput to their basal campy successful Kansas City successful assured mood.
Despite not winning a large tourney for 60 years, they are considered among the favourites for the World Cup aft a fig of adjacent misses nether Gareth Southgate.
European Championship finalists doubly successful the past 5 years, England besides reached a World Cup semi-final and quarter-final nether Southgate.
A Champions League victor with Chelsea, German manager Tuchel has been hired to get his adopted state implicit the line.
After a gathering with Croatia, England besides instrumentality connected Ghana successful Boston and Panama successful New Jersey successful Group L.
