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Rooney ready to fire for England

The 24-year-old Manchester United forward told reporters on Wednesday that he had seen no team to fear at these World Cup finals and believed that, if partnered again with Emile Heskey, would lead England to victory over Algeria.

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"Our partnership created problems, and chances, against America last time and I am sure if we play again on Friday we will create problems for Algeria," he said. "We are looking forward to it and getting all three points."

"I am not worried about it (not scoring)," said Rooney. "We have got players in the team who can score goals, but I know that for us to do well, I need to play better and score some goals. But if the team do well, then I will be happy."

Manager Fabio Capello last Friday said that he believed his team would reach next month's World Cup final. Rooney said England had no fear.

"No, there is no fear from us," said Rooney. "We took the game to them and we are not playing with fear at all. For myself, I hope to play and I hope I score - don't get me wrong. But as long as we get three points, I'm happy."

"Germany looked good and I was impressed with the Ivory Coast's discipline," he said.

"Brazil were very solid in defence and have a lot of flair going forward. They will be hard to beat. But there has not been a stand-out team so far, bar Germany. But we are confident we will do well and qualify from the group.

"To be honest, it's not been that exciting so far. I'm hoping it gets more exciting!"

Rooney is expected to lead the attack in England's familiar 4-4-2 formation against Algeria with midfielder Gareth Barry returning after an ankle injury to anchor midfield, releasing captain Steven Gerrard for a roving role from the left flank.

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