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England will play a World Cup warm-up match against reigning African Cup of Nations champions Egypt in March.
The Wembley friendly will give Fabio Capello's men a chance to face a team with a similar style to Algeria, who are in England's group in South Africa.
Egypt failed to reach the World Cup finals after they were knocked out by Algeria in a dramatic one-off play-off.
It will be England's first match of the year, and the first time Egypt will have played at Wembley.
<!-- E SF -->England have faced Egypt twice before, with the most recent meeting coming at the World Cup Finals in Italy 19 years ago when Sir Bobby Robson's side won 1-0.
And Capello feels Egypt, who have won the Cup of Nations six times, will give England some much-needed experience of facing north African opposition.
The Italian is also trying to arrange a friendly with Mexico in May, as a warm-up to the opening game against the United States on 12 June, before playing a final game, likely to be against Japan, at the end of a pre-tournament training camp in Austria.
England will play a World Cup warm-up match against reigning African Cup of Nations champions Egypt in March.
The Wembley friendly will give Fabio Capello's men a chance to face a team with a similar style to Algeria, who are in England's group in South Africa.
Egypt failed to reach the World Cup finals after they were knocked out by Algeria in a dramatic one-off play-off.
It will be England's first match of the year, and the first time Egypt will have played at Wembley.
<!-- E SF -->England have faced Egypt twice before, with the most recent meeting coming at the World Cup Finals in Italy 19 years ago when Sir Bobby Robson's side won 1-0.
And Capello feels Egypt, who have won the Cup of Nations six times, will give England some much-needed experience of facing north African opposition.
The Italian is also trying to arrange a friendly with Mexico in May, as a warm-up to the opening game against the United States on 12 June, before playing a final game, likely to be against Japan, at the end of a pre-tournament training camp in Austria.