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England coach Capello warns players against complacency

England coach Fabio Capello has warned against complacency after an easy World Cup group draw.

Capello went through each opponent in turn to emphasise his point, starting with the United States, who have improved so much over the past two decades and now provide many quality players to the Premier League.

"The United States have always done well in World Cups," said Capello.

"I was in South Africa last summer and saw them in the Confederations Cup when they beat Spain, who are not exactly a small team. They deserve the maximum respect.

"Slovenia eliminated Russia, who are a top team. We also played against them in a friendly at Wembley, which we only won 2-1 and they made it quite hard for us at times.

"Algeria eliminated Egypt, who are the African champions.

"When you look at that people need to calm down because these three matches won't be easy at all.

"All of these teams are well organised and have good players."

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