England hope to schedule a friendly against old rivals Germany next month as they begin preparations for the 2014 World Cup, the Football Association revealed on Wednesday.
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Roy Hodgson's side booked their place in Brazil by beating Poland 2-0 on Tuesday and are planning to tackle Germany at Wembley Stadium on November 19.
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Germany, who thrashed England 4-1 when the teams last met in the last 16 of the World Cup in 2010, have also qualified for next year's tournament.
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England will play another friendly at Wembley four days earlier, with Australia and Argentina reported to be candidates to provide the opposition in that game.
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Asked about negotiations with potential opponents for the November games, Club England managing director Adrian Bevington told the BBC and Al- Jazeera: "We are pretty well advanced.
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"I expect to be in a position in the next 24 hours to confirm one of them. I don't think it is any great secret that we are expecting to play Germany in the second of the two games next month.
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"That would conclude the 150th anniversary celebrations of the FA, so it would be a great way to end the year.
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"We are in talks with non-European opponents at the moment with regards to the first game, which would be on Friday (November 15) or Saturday (November 16). That is still to be confirmed.
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"We had been looking to play Uruguay in the first game, but they are now in the (World Cup qualifying) play-offs so we are now speaking with other opponents. We expect to announce that on Thursday."
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Bevington also revealed that England hope to play Denmark in a friendly game at Wembley in March next year.
England and Germany? I tip Germany to win!