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England vs Costa Rica - World Cup warm-up RECAP: All the reaction as Three Lions clinch comfortable victory in final audition before Croatia opener

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- Which England star has 7 GCSEs? Who has lost half of his finger? Test your knowledge of Thomas Tuchel's squad with our exclusive quiz HERE - See more Daily Mail on Google - save us as a Preferred Source Relive Daily Mail Sport's live blog for the latest score, team news and updates as England finish their World Cup preparation in Orlando, Florida, with Ian Ladyman, Craig Hope and Mike Keegan reporting from the ground. Next Up: World Cup 23:51 'Rogers is a better No.10 than Bellingham' I think Kane and Bellingham are the ones that people keep looking to, but I like Rogers; I really do. I think Rogers is a very similar player to Bellingham in a way. I think you could argue that he might be a better No.10 - I love Bellingham as a player, but sometimes I doubt his passing, and when you get that free roll and you're that No. 10, I think he can do what he does from centre midfield, I think he's got the legs. And that gets Rogers in the team as well that way. Now, if we get up against a France or one of the big boys, we might want to go and have those two sitting, in Rice and Henderson. But I feel like in these group games, I think we want a little bit extra creativity in that area and so I want them both to play, if I'm honest. Because I think a lot of the team, it seems like it's almost picking itself, the team at the moment. And then when you're not taking a Cole Palmer, who can do things so off the cuff. I think even more so than Saka, who I think is a great player, and he'll be playing. I think he should be playing. 23:42 Tuchel: 'Exactly what we wanted' We did very well, and we deserved to win. We should have had more goals - we created a lot. The attitude, the energy, the intensity was on a very high level. Everyone did well. It is not about one individual player today. A very good team performance and we want to have this to push to the next level, and we clearly got it. We worked hard, counter-pressing was good, and togetherness. Everything on a high level. Tonight makes my mind very calm as we're absolutely on the right way. The guys who came were super influential. The guys who came out were pushing from behind on the bench - exactly what we wanted. 23:28 Gordon: 'I love the pressure' There is always pressure when you play for England. As you know, there is top players behind you waiting on the bench to come on. There is always pressure. If you can't deal with that, you're at the wrong level. I was buzzing H [Harry Kane] was off. I was looking around to find him. When he was off I wanted to take it. I love penalties and I love the pressure of it. Glad to see that one go in. 23:14 Rice: 'We have adapted' Really well. The manager was on us before the game to ramp it up. The performance tonight was top from everyone. Really good last game before it all starts. We have adapted. You can see the heat isn't really a problem now; it's been about adapting to the heat. You can see as a group now we are building confidence. Key Updates - FULL-TIME: England 3-0 Costa Rica - England 3-0 Costa Rica (Watkins 87') - England 2-0 Costa Rica (Gordon PEN 68') - HALF-TIME: England 1-0 Costa Rica - VAR: NO PENALTY! - England - England 1-0 Costa Rica (Rice 10') - KICK-OFF: England 0-0 Costa Rica - WATCH: Weather delays match - England Team News - Bellingham STARTS - The final test

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