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Lots of friendly international football action today. For most (maybe all) World Cup 2010 teams, this isn’t just a chance to show off the new jerseys they’ll be wearing in South Africa, it’s also the last game of football before the provisional World Cup squads are named in May, followed by the final World Cup squad/roster deadline on June 10th. So there’s plenty to play for, especially for individual players.

Some big games too, featuring plenty of World Cup 2010 teams going head to head: Germany vs Argentina anyone? France vs Spain? Bring it on.

England vs Egypt should be interesting too, just to see what sort of reaction John Terry gets.

Here is a list of all international fixtures involving World Cup qualified teams:

World Cup 2010 teams are in bold.

Happened yesterday:
Ireland vs Brazil – Match report on Brazil WCB.

Already kicked off/finished at time of typing:
Australia vs Indonesia
Japan vs Bahrain
Cote d’Ivoire vs South Korea
Greece vs Senegal
Slovakia vs Norway
Bosnia & Herzegovina vs Ghana
Nigeria vs D.R. Congo

Today’s remaining games, with kick off times:
Algeria vs Serbia (7:15pm local, 1:15pm US Eastern)
Athletic Bilbao vs Paraguay (7:15pm / 1:15)
South Africa vs Namibia (8:30pm / 1:30pm)
Turkey vs Honduras (9pm / 2pm)
Switzerland vs Uruguay (8:15pm / 2:15pm)
Austria vs Denmark (8:30pm / 2:30pm)
Slovenia vs Qatar (8:45pm / 2:45pm)
Netherlands vs USA (8:45pm / 2:45pm) LiveBlog
Germany vs Argentina (8:45pm / 2:45pm)
Italy vs Cameroon (8:50pm / 2:50pm)
England vs Egypt (8pm / 3pm)
France vs Spain (9pm / 3pm) LiveBlog
Portugal vs China (8:45pm / 3:45pm) LiveBlog
Mexico vs New Zealand (11pm / 8pm) LiveBlog

Chile had been scheduled to play both North Korea and Costa Rica, but those games have been cancelled due to the earthquake.

A little more information about those LiveBlogs. I’m reliably informed that:
Sarah will be covering France vs Spain on France WCB.
Jen will be typing away during Netherlands vs USA on USA WCB.
Luis will be keeping track of Portugal vs China on Portugal WCB.
Andrea and Al will be LiveBlogging Mexico vs New Zealand on Mexico WCB.

Please feel free to leave any prediction for and reactions to today’s games in the comments.