England vs Costa Rica LIVE: Heavy rain puts World Cup warm-up in doubt before line-ups revealed – UK Times

These latest pictures show just how heavy the rain has fallen. That drainage better be very good.

Some more details here from ITV’s commentary team inside the stadium. Supposedly the pitch has good drainage but that footage does not look promising – look at the puddles.

England’s starting XI should be confirmed in about five minutes.

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The Fifa president is set to speak from around 19:30 BST. Can he go one better than the ‘Today I feel …’ speech in Qatar? Do not put it past him.

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