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Spain to play England friendly in Alicante rather than Bernabeu

Spain have announced that their international friendly against England on Nov. 13 will now be played in Alicante.

Real Madrid's Bernabeu stadium was set to host the match but the Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) has now confirmed the Jose Rico Perez stadium will instead be the venue for the 24th encounter between the two countries.

The match will only go ahead if Spain qualify directly for Euro 2016.

A statement from the RFEF read: "In the event that Spain qualify directly for Euro 2016, they will face England in an international friendly that will take place at Alicante's Jose Rico Perez stadium on Friday, Nov. 13, using a FIFA date."

The Jose Rico Perez stadium has a 30,000 seating capacity and is the home of Segunda Division B side Hercules CF.

The two countries last met on Spanish soil in February 2009 in Seville, with La Roja winning 2-0.

England became the first team to qualify for next year's tournament in France by beating San Marino 6-0 on Saturday.

Spain lead Group C but are level on 18 points with second-placed Slovakia with three games remaining.

The defending European champions take on FYR Macedonia on Tuesday in Skopje.

Spain host Luxembourg on Oct. 9 and end their qualifying campaign away to Ukraine three days later.