<p>England are using the match ‌in Tampa, the first of two warm-up games before their ‌Group L opener against Croatia 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><p>"<strong>It just showed us you can ‌plan whatever you want, and life does ⁠what it wants</strong>," Tuchel told ‌reporters on Friday. "<strong>It was a lot of rain, it was a ​lot of grey sky, very unusual</strong>.</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: "<strong>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</strong>."</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>"<strong>What I heard until now is that it should be okay and we want it, of course, to be okay</strong>," Tuchel said. "<strong>I saw just a photo, that made me a little bit worried but let's decide when we are there</strong>."</p><p>England are expected to rotate heavily, with Tuchel planning to give most of ‌his players precious minutes.</p><p>"<strong>The plan is tomorrow to play 45-45 ​minutes with two complete teams to expose everyone to ‌the same amount of minutes</strong>," he said. "<strong>Then we can continue the next three days with the same load of training -- at the moment, you stick to the plan</strong>."</p><p>England play Costa Rica on Tuesday in a second friendly before the ⁠team relocate to their ⁠base camp in Kansas City ‌to prepare for their tournament opener.</p>