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Leicester defender Maguire excited about Benalouane battle

Leicester City defender Harry Maguire is very excited at the prospect of facing Yohan Benalouane at the World Cup.

The two Leicester teammates will be facing off against each other in this summer's competition in Russia.

Maguire will be hoping for a successful World Cup with England, with the team facing the Benalouane's Tunisia and Belgium in their group.

"It is one of those groups that people see and expect us to go through to the knockout stages, so the pressure is on," he told LCFC TV.

"Obviously we have Belgium in the group who are a top team. You see in the Premier League they have Romelu Lukaku, Kevin De Bruyne and Eden Hazard, three top quality players in the Premier League who have been good in the Premier League for a number of years, so it should be a good game.

"Then we have Tunisia, who are doing really well lately and picked up some good results. We know it will be tough but we have more than enough ability to get out of the group.

"Yohan [Benalouane] and I, we've had a bit of banter between ourselves. When it comes to the game I am sure it will be down to business and we'll be wanting to win as much he does."

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