After watching England’s 3-0 final victory over Costa Rica in the Three Lions’ final preparation game before the World Cup, the Mirror’s chief football writer John Cross said:
Hello, it’s John Cross in Orlando where it’s finished England three, Costa Rica nil. And I have to say, that was probably as good a preparation, I think, as England could have hoped for, really. Declan Rice on target. Anthony Gordon slamming one in. Ollie Watkins completing the win.
And the travelling England fans, fantastic again, absolutely magnificent, chanting “It’s coming home” by the end.
Do they believe they’re absolutely going to win the World Cup? Well, they can dream. They can probably take a bit of a boost from this performance actually, because it felt a long way further down the road from their win over New Zealand last weekend.
Watch the rest of his post-match analysis below: