Gordon secures 3-0 victory for England against Costa Rica in the 2026 pre-World Cup friendly

In England’s final friendly ahead of the World Cup, Anthony Gordon and his team defeated Costa Rica 3-0 in an exciting match!

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With a great performance, England secured a victory over Costa Rica, ahead of their 2026 World Cup debut on June 17.

With two shots on target, Eze was close to score his goal in the last part of the game.

Six minutes of additional time.

A header from Ollie Watkins gives England their third goal of the game.

With Saka in the lead, England want to score another goal before the game ends.

Ugalde, Mora, Araya are out, Ruiz, Sinclair, Rodriguez are in for Costa Rica.

Without any trouble, England have the ball and the result, but they want to score another goal. Costa Rica just defend.

Costa Rica have fouled England in the last couple of minutes, and those free kicks are a menace for the Central American team.

They want to score another goal and Costa Rica keep defending.

Rashford, Quansah, Watkins, Mainoo are in, Bellingham, Gordon, Konsa, Anderson are out for England.

Time to hydrate.

After a penalty given to England, Gordon scores the second goal for his team.

Madriz enters, and Sequeira is out injured. Eze, Henderson, Saka, Spence, Guehi, Watkins are in, Rice, Pickford, Madueke, James, Kane, Stones are out for England

Saka and Eze are warming up to enter in the field.

With a supposed injury, Sequeira will be subbed off and Madriz is warming up.

Quiroz and Nunez in, Johnson and Soto out.

Despite the half time chat, Costa Rica don't have a different attitude and England dominate.

England 82%, Costa Rica 18%.

After a great ball possession from England, Madueke did an outstanding individual play and almost scored from a long-range shoot.

Ekaterina Koroleva blows her whistle and the second half starts.

• First Half Score: England 1 – 0 Costa Rica
• Total Shots: England 8, Costa Rica 2
• Shots on Target: England 3, Costa Rica 0
• Shots on Post: England 1, Costa Rica 0
• Corners: England 5, Costa Rica 1
• Total Yellow Cards: 2
• England Yellow Cards: 0
• Costa Rica Yellow Cards: 2 (Shawn Johnson 21', Carlos Mora 45')
• Total Red Cards: 0

After a VAR review, England weren't granted with a penalty. And the first half ends.

Gordon was fouled in the area and the referee sanctioned a penalty.

Referee adds four minutes.

Everything England are doing is in Costa Rica's area. The Central American team seem confused.

England 80%, Costa Rica 20%.

A great counterattack from Jude Bellingham, finished in Madueke having the chance to score in front of the goal, but he hit the post.

Despite Pickford's mistake, Costa Rica don't have the necessary intensity to create danger in England's area.

With a mistake from Jordan Pickford, Costa Rica had the chance to score, but the ball went to the corner kick. Nothing else happened.

The match restart in the first half.

Time to hydrate.

Madueke took a rebound and shot on target, but Sequeira saved for Costa Rica.

Harry Kane's header after a free kick almost sent the ball to the goal, but goalkeeper Sequeira touched and sent it to the corner kick.

England's pressing with Madueke, Gordon and Kane, have created that Costa Rica can't advance to their area.

Costa Rica are just defending the result, as England keep pressing.

England 82%, Costa Rica 18%.

New Barcelona's player, Anthony Gordon, is leading England in the attack and created another dangerous situation.

Declan Rice scores for England after a great play from Anthony Gordon in the left side of the field.

After a couple of minutes of ball possession from Costa Rica, England now have controlled the ball possession and are trying to create dangerous situations.

England 58%, Costa Rica 42%.

Despite England are one of the candidates to win the World Cup, Costa Rica don't mind and are having the ball possession so far.

Referee Ekaterina Koroleva blows his whistle and the international friendly starts.

Both teams are entering the field for the protocolary acts and everything is ready to start.

After warming up, both teams are gearing up for their international friendly and they are waiting for the protocolary acts.

As the weather conditions are better, both teams are warming up at Inter&Co Stadium.

The all-time head-to-head history between England and Costa Rica consists of exactly two previous encounters, with the Three Lions remaining unbeaten and yet to concede a goal against Los Ticos. Their first meeting occurred on June 24, 2014, during the FIFA World Cup group stage in Brazil, resulting in a 0–0 stalemate that allowed an impressive Costa Rica side to top the "Group of Death" while eliminating England.

Their secondary matchup took place four years later on June 7, 2018, when England secured a comfortable 2–0 victory at Elland Road in an international friendly powered by goals from Marcus Rashford and Danny Welbeck.

The referee Ekaterina Koroleva will be the woman for the job in the international friendly.

The official social media account of Inter&Co Stadium has delivered a weather update, as they mentioned: "We have exited the weather delay, and it is now safe to return to your seats in the stadium bowl."

Costa Rica's starting XI: Patrick Sequeira; Shawn Johnson, Jeyland Mitchell, Fernan Faerron, Darril Araya; Aaron Salazar, Orlando Galo, Andrey Soto, Carlos Mora; Josimar Alcocer, Manfred Ugalde

According to England's official X account, the match will kick off now at 5 pm ET (2 pm PT) following a pitch inspection.

England's starting XI: Jordan Pickford; Ezri Konsa, Nico O'Reilly, Reese James, Josh Stones; Ben Rice, Jude Bellingham, Elliot Anderson; Noni Madueke, Anthony Gordon, Harry Kane.

Despite the weather conditions, both teams have arrived at Inter&Co Stadium and there is expectation regarding the time to play this international friendly.

England vs Costa Rica was expected to be played at 4:00 PM ET (1:00 PM PT), but due to weather conditions, the start time has changed, and yet to be confirmed.

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