England head coach Thomas Tuchel was “very proud” after his facet’s win over Costa Rica was “precisely what we wished for”.
The Three Lions gained 3-0 of their ultimate World Cup warm-up sport, with Declan Rice, Anthony Gordon and Ollie Watkins getting on the scoresheet.
England stay unbeaten of their final 17 video games in opposition to North/Central American opposition (W13 D4), together with all three of their conferences with Costa Rica (W2 D1).
And heading into the World Cup, England have now gained every of their final 9 video games performed both away or at a impartial venue – their longest ever such run.
They’ve additionally stored seven successive clear sheets in away/impartial video games – additionally a document for the Three Lions.
England have stored 11 clear sheets of their 14 video games underneath Tuchel in all competitions. They’ve confronted simply 75 photographs (only one v Costa Rica) and 6.4 xGA (0.03 v Costa Rica) in these fixtures.
England’s subsequent sport might be their World Cup opener in opposition to Croatia on June 17, and Tuchel was delighted with how their ultimate pleasant panned out.
“We did very effectively, and we deserved to win,” Tuchel informed ITV.
The boss reacts to his staff’s efficiency in opposition to Costa Rica
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“We must always have had extra objectives – we created loads. The perspective, the vitality, the depth was on a really excessive stage.
“Everybody did effectively. It isn’t about one particular person participant right now. An excellent staff efficiency and we need to have this to push to the subsequent stage, and we clearly received it.
“This makes my thoughts very calm as we’re completely on the proper manner. The fellows who got here had been tremendous influential. The fellows who got here out had been pushing from behind on the bench – precisely what we needed.”
“What we noticed was precisely what we wished for and precisely what we needed. Very proud. Subsequent cease, Kansas.”
