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LONDON, July 31 (Reuters) - England will warm up for their Euro 2004 qualifying campaign with a friendly international against the tournament hosts Portugal.

The match at Villa Park on September 7 will be England's first game since losing 2-1 to Brazil in the World Cup quarter-finals in Japan.

Portugal, who surprisingly failed to qualify from the group stage of the World Cup, will be England's only opponents before Sven Goran Eriksson's side play their first two European Championship qualifiers against Slovakia and Macedonia in October.

Villa Park, home of English premier league side Aston Villa, has already proved lucky for Eriksson as it was the venue for his first game in charge when England beat Spain 3-0 in February last year.