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Match Report

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Marcus Rashford and Danny Welbeck help England beat Costa Rica

England closed out their preparations for the World Cup with a 2-0 friendly win over Costa Rica on Thursday.

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Head to Head

Lineups

ENG · 3-1-4-2

  1. 13Jack ButlandG
  2. 5John StonesCD
  3. 6Harry MaguireCD-L
  4. 16Phil JonesCD-R
  5. 8Jordan HendersonSW
  6. 17Fabian DelphCM-L
  7. 21Ruben Loftus-CheekCM-R
  8. 3Danny RoseLM
  9. 22Trent Alexander-ArnoldRM
  10. 19Marcus RashfordCF-L
  11. 11Jamie VardyCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 14Danny Welbeck
  2. 15Gary Cahill
  3. 23Nick Pope
  4. 20Dele Alli
  5. 7Jesse Lingard
  6. 1Jordan Pickford
  7. 12Kieran Trippier
  8. 2Kyle Walker
  9. 9Harry Kane
  10. 18Ashley Young
  11. 10Raheem Sterling
  12. 4Eric Dier
  13. 26Jake Livermore
  14. 25Adam Lallana
  15. 24Tom Heaton

CRC · 3-4-2-1

  1. 1Keylor NavasG
  2. 3Giancarlo GonzálezCD
  3. 15Francisco CalvoCD-L
  4. 19Kendall WastonCD-R
  5. 20David GuzmánCM-L
  6. 5Celso BorgesCM-R
  7. 8Bryan OviedoLM
  8. 16Cristian GamboaRM
  9. 21Marco UreñaF
  10. 11Johan VenegasCF-L
  11. 12Joel CampbellCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 18Patrick PembertonSUB
  2. 14Randall AzofeifaSUB
  3. 6Óscar DuarteSUB
  4. 13Rodney WallaceSUB
  5. 9Daniel ColindresSUB
  6. 23Leonel MoreiraSUB
  7. 7Christian BolañosSUB
  8. 10Bryan RuizSUB
  9. 4Ian SmithSUB
  10. 2Johnny AcostaSUB
  11. 17Yeltsin TejedaSUB
  12. 22Rónald MatarritaSUB
  13. 24David RamírezSUB

Timeline

  1. 13' Goal! England 1, Costa Rica 0. Marcus Rashford (England) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Ruben Loftus-Cheek.
  2. 60' Substitution, Costa Rica. Ronald Matarrita replaces Bryan Oviedo.
  3. 61' Substitution, England. Danny Welbeck replaces Jamie Vardy.
  4. 61' Substitution, Costa Rica. Christian Bolaños replaces Johan Venegas.
  5. 64' Substitution, England. Dele Alli replaces Jordan Henderson.
  6. 64' Substitution, England. Kieran Trippier replaces Trent Alexander-Arnold.
  7. 65' Substitution, England. Nick Pope replaces Jack Butland.
  8. 65' Substitution, England. Gary Cahill replaces John Stones.
  9. 68' Ronald Matarrita (Costa Rica) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  10. 69' Giancarlo González (Costa Rica) is shown the yellow card.
  11. 69' Substitution, Costa Rica. Yeltsin Tejeda replaces David Guzmán.
  12. 72' Substitution, Costa Rica. Ian Smith replaces Cristian Gamboa.
  13. 76' Goal! England 2, Costa Rica 0. Danny Welbeck (England) header from very close range to the top right corner. Assisted by Dele Alli.
  14. 79' Substitution, England. Jesse Lingard replaces Ruben Loftus-Cheek.

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