00:00The England team have arrived in Florida ahead of the World Cup. Preparations are well underway. There's been a couple
00:07of training sessions already. The players arriving, meeting for the first time, some at Birmingham Airport, others joining later in
00:16America as well.
00:17There's a couple of pre-tournament friendlies, one against New Zealand and then another one against Costa Rica as well.
00:25Thomas Tuchel has been a man under pressure. His selection caused a bit of a stir. There's been some key
00:31omissions from the squad. Phil Foden and Cole Palmer, the big ones, not selected as Tuchel seems to go for
00:40kind of dual winners, more aggressive athletes rather than technical players in the squad.
00:46Harry Maguire was one of those bigger players, those athletes that weren't selected though. In his place, Dan Byrne. And
00:53of course, there are other players on the fringe as well. Liverpool's Curtis Jones, not selected either. And lead Dominic
01:00Calvert-Lewin, not selected as well.
01:04In his place was Ollie Watkins. He's been speaking to the press ahead of those pre-tournament fixtures. Here is
01:11what he had to say.
01:13Yeah, really special. Obviously, it's been a long time since, you know, the club had brought back a trophy and
01:18we did that, you know, 44 years.
01:21Fans have been waiting for that a long time and obviously we succeeded and it's an amazing feeling to do
01:25that.
01:25So, yeah, to come into the England camp off the back of a strong end of the season and winning
01:30a trophy, there's nothing better.
01:32How special does it feel? I mean, what a couple of weeks it's been for you. Has it been a
01:35whirlwind?
01:36Yeah, I think everything that I had pictured really and imagined has come into place.
01:41So, yeah, just very thankful I've been given this opportunity, but, you know, I've worked very hard for this.
01:47So, I'm going to enjoy every moment.
01:49It feels like you're absolutely banging form as well. Six goals in your last five games.
01:53Does that give you a confidence boost? You come into this camp, and I know this competition, of course, there
01:57is for every position,
01:58but you feel like you're absolutely firing.
02:01Yeah, I feel like, you know, physically I'm the best I've ever been and obviously my form as well in
02:08front of goal is really good at the moment.
02:10So, yeah, I'm feeling really strong. Everyone's got a part to play in this competition, whether it's, you know, early
02:16stages, later stages.
02:17You just have to be ready at the end of the day and we're all working together as a team
02:20to, you know, achieve something special.
02:22What do you make of the weather?
02:24Oh, it's a struggle. First day, it's a struggle, but it's good. It's going to get us prepared for it.
02:29Yeah, and what better way to be here in Miami?
02:32Now, for this pre-tournament training camp and those fixtures, some younger players have been called up to the squad.
02:38Fulham's Josh King is one of those. Arsenal's Ethan Mineri, as well as Liverpool youngster Rio Ngamora as well.
02:46So, some good news for the Reds on that front.
02:49England's first World Cup game is against Croatia on the 17th of June, and fans will be hoping that England
02:56can finally bring the tournament home.
02:58England's first World Cup game is against Croatia, Martínński, which is because of comprehensive recovery if they're three or three
02:59years old.
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