England manager Thomas Tuchel said his team is ready to come alive at the upcoming FIFA World Cup after a dominant 3-0 win against Costa Rica. The Three Lions had meandered to a 1-0 win against lowest ranked team in the World Cup, New Zealand, in the warm-up game and Tuchel was not too happy with his team’s performance.

However, Declan Rice, Anthony Gordon and substitute Ollie Watkins found the back of the net for England against Costa Rica in a friendly clash.

Jude Bellingham impressed in the number ten role whereas Gordon, Rice and Elliot Anderson came up with impressive performances against the Central American team.

Tuchel said: “I said it before the match: we want to push it to the next level, from intensity, commitment and cohesion. We did that.

“You could see the impact of the Arsenal players coming into camp. You could see also the impact of training, of course.

“We see the adaptation to the heat, to the climate and we see things clicking. But we demanded it today from the players to take the next step and they did. The players delivered and I’m proud of them, how they did it.

“Anyway, the most important thing is how we play and then the result takes care of itself. But we did it on a high level.”

England will play a behind-closed-doors match against Miami United on Thursday before they will begin their World Cup campaign.

Reflecting on the pre-tournament camp in Florida, Tuchel said: “I think we set the tone today in the meeting and the players were ready to follow, to have the next step in intensity and the way we play, to push ourselves and get a good feeling out of it, which we absolutely did.

“I felt today the energy in the stadium was amazing and I thought ‘OK, if we can really play like this and grow into the tournament and have this kind of cohesion and brotherhood and team spirit that we showed today, then we will have an amazing connection with the fans’.

“This will hopefully be an amazing experience because it’s the first time for me and it’s a World Cup, and it’s coming.

“I think once the ball is rolling and games are already there, then I will feel it, and the latest in Kansas when we prepare then the official match.

“The tension will grow but normally the stuff that I personally enjoy the most, then you feel that you’re alive.”

England will play their World Cup opener against Croatia.