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England to face Germany in friendly in Dortmund in March

Eric Dier of England celebrates scoring his team's third goal
Image: England have fond recent memories of playing Germany

England will begin their 2017 campaign with a trip to Dortmund to face Germany in a friendly on March 22.

The match, which was announced on Friday by the Football Association, will be England's opening fixture of 2017 and could be the first of a new manager's reign, should interim boss Gareth Southgate not be retained.

Southgate has two games left on his temporary deal, a World Cup Qualifier against Scotland and a Wembley friendly versus Spain in November.

Jamie Vardy of England celebrates scoring his team's second goal against Germany
Image: Jamie Vardy celebrates scoring against Germany in Berlin

The match precedes a World Cup Qualifier against Lithuania at Wembley on the Sunday and comes a year after then boss Roy Hodgson watched his England side beat the world champions 3-2 in Berlin.

England have two wins and a draw from their opening three games in the qualification campaign for Russia 2018 following the stalemate in Slovenia on Tuesday.

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