England World Cup warm-up games announced

Thursday, 11 January 2018 16:00

England’s warm-up matches for the 2018 World Cup in Russia have been announced.

The Three Lions will take on Nigeria at Wembley on 2 June and Costa Rica at Elland Road on 7 June.

It will be the first time they have played in Yorkshire since 2002, a 2-1 defeat by Italy at Elland Road.

On the BBC Sport website England manager Gareth Southgate was quoted as saying: "We're going into a World Cup where we will play African and Central American opposition, so we get that with the games against Nigeria and Costa Rica, but it's not just about the games we've got in the group but hopefully beyond that as well.

"We want to expose the team to different styles and different experiences."

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