England vs New Zealand LIVE
Harry Kane scored the only goal as England laboured to victory over New Zealand in their first of two World Cup warm-up friendlies. Thomas Tuchel named a somewhat experimental side from the off, who started well but soon wilted under the oppressive Floridian sun.
It was something of a surprise to see Kane nod Djed Spence’s cross home on the stroke of half-time to score what would prove to be the winner, after an England devoid of energy struggled to create in the dying embers of the first period. Tuchel made 11 changes at half-time, handing a senior England debut to Rio Ngumoha and also introducing the likes of Reece James, Ivan Toney, Jude Bellingham and Elliott Anderson, but despite their best efforts, the Three Lions could not increase their advantage.
England return to friendly action on Wednesday, facing Costa Rica in what will be their final pre-tournament outing. Catch up with the action from Tampa as it happened below with Standard Sport’s dedicated match blog, complete with expert insight and analysis from Oli Gent.
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England 1-0 New Zealand
77mins: Dan Burn finds himself in space after another James corner, but his header is not quite as threatening as he might like. It goes wide via a deflection, and the follow-up corner is taken short. It finds its way to Ngumoha, who overcooks his cross to Toney.
England 1-0 New Zealand
74mins: A bit of a kerfuffle from England there. Gordon runs into his marker but bundles his way through and plays a square pass into the box which seems on track for O’Reilly to smash into the net, but Toney picks it off his feet and the chance comes to nothing.
England 1-0 New Zealand
71mins: After the second-half drinks break, we are back underway. Can Tuchel produce some goals with these tactical tweaks?
Oli Gent reports
Reece James is such a joy to watch when he's in full flow. Has the intelligence to know when to step in and invert to create overloads in central areas, and when to keep the width and act as a bounce-board to keep patterns moving. A real step-up from Quansah in the first period.
England 1-0 New Zealand
68mins: England are really dominating proceedings here - New Zealand can’t get anywhere near the ball.
They can’t get too near the goal, though, and Anderson lets fly from range, with his shot meeting the arm of a team-mate.
England 1-0 New Zealand
65mins: Crocombe is quick off his line to weep up Ngumoha’s through-ball for Ivan Toney, which was marginally over-hit.
England 1-0 New Zealand
63mins: Bellingham tracks back at full steam and catches Staminic in a 50/50, with the latter seeming to have come off worse. He requires treatment.
England 1-0 New Zealand
62mins: And on we go. VAR clear the incident - no penalty.
England 1-0 New Zealand
With the VAR check ongoing, New Zealand make a raft of changes.
England 1-0 New Zealand
But wait! VAR is checking for a potential penalty...