England boss Tuchel shrugs off poor conditions ahead of warm-up game against New Zealand

[p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/england/j9N9ZNFA/"]England[/a] are using [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/england-j9N9ZNFA/new-zealand-rLctHkpU/?mid=hpJGkndD"]the match ‌in Tampa[/a], the first of two warm-up games before their ‌Group L opener against [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/croatia/K8aznggo/"]Croatia[/a] on June 17th in Dallas, to ‌help players acclimatise to the heat and humidity.[/p][p]While persistent ‌rain and overcast skies have limited their planned exposure to sunshine, Tuchel said the conditions had not disrupted training.[/p][embed guid="a9980138-ad14-44a9-961a-d5a3ceb4d261" url="https://x.com/England/status/2062927072511582486" social-type="twitter" /][p]"[b]It just showed us you can ‌plan whatever you want, and life does ⁠what it wants[/b]," Tuchel told ‌reporters on Friday. "[b]It was a lot of rain, it was a ​lot of grey sky, very unusual[/b].[/p][p]"Today was the first day in the sun, complete day in the sun, ​which is what we wanted. We adapt to it, we make the most out of it."[/p][p]Tuchel said the squad would make ⁠up for lost ​time, adding: "[b]We don't have the hours that we wanted to be exposed but we will catch up with it, I think, in the next weeks[/b]."[/p][p]Photos of the pitch for Saturday's friendly have ‌raised concerns about the quality of the playing surface and the potential for injury, with the grass resembling a patchwork quilt.[/p][p]"[b]What I heard until now is that it should be okay and we want it, of course, to be okay[/b]," Tuchel said. "[b]I saw just a photo, that made me a little bit worried but let's decide when we are there[/b]."[/p][embed guid="0ea4b2d8-b850-4ef9-8fd1-d43c9079937f" url="https://x.com/England/status/2062937250892022019" social-type="twitter" /][p]England are expected to rotate heavily, with Tuchel planning to give most of ‌his players precious minutes.[/p][p]"[b]The plan is tomorrow to play 45-45 ​minutes with two complete teams to expose everyone to ‌the same amount of minutes[/b]," he said. "[b]Then we can continue the next three days with the same load of training -- at the moment, you stick to the plan[/b]."[/p][p]England play [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/costa-rica/C4ePE2kq/"]Costa Rica[/a] on Tuesday in [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/costa-rica-C4ePE2kq/england-j9N9ZNFA/?mid=KjB2DklK"]a second friendly[/a] before the ⁠team relocate to their ⁠base camp in Kansas City ‌to prepare for their tournament opener.[/p]