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PARIS - England, the Netherlands and Portugal have one last chanceto make adjustments ahead of Euro 2012 as they gear up for theirfinal pre-tournament warm-up matches on Saturday. England open their Euro campaign against France in Donetsk on June11 and they have selected similar opposition for their lastfriendly match before the tournament, with Belgium the visitors toWembley this weekend. Belgium's Eden Hazard is likely to be the centre of attention afterrevealing that he will join Chelsea from Lille this summer, but itis also England's final opportunity to perfect their tactics beforethe squad fly out to Poland next week. The Three Lions prevailed 1-0 against Norway in Oslo last Saturday,in what was manager Roy Hodgson's first game in charge. Manchester United winger Ashley Young scored the game's only goaland he said he was looking forward to renewing his partnership withstriker Andy Carroll, who will start England's first two games dueto Wayne Rooney's suspension. "We have got to keep the performances up," said Young. "I think (the partnership with Carroll) went well. We've beenworking together in training and it worked with the goal. There isa good combination between us." Despite early signs of promise in the Carroll-Young tandem, Hodgsonfaces serious problems in midfield, having lost both Gareth Barryand Frank Lampard to injury in the past week. Striker Danny Welbeck is short of fitness, having injured his anklewhile playing for Manchester United in April, while Liverpoolright-back Glen Johnson is struggling with an infected toe. England's last Wembley appearance saw them beaten 3-2 by Holland inFebruary, but the Dutch have endured mixed fortunes since, losingin successive friendlies to Bayern Munich and Bulgaria beforebouncing back to defeat Slovakia 2-0 on Wednesday. Bert van Marwijk's beaten World Cup finalists face Northern Irelandat Ajax's Amsterdam ArenA on Saturday, seven days before they takeon 1992 champions Denmark in their opening Euro 2012 Group Bassignment in Kharkiv. Wesley Sneijder hobbled off with an ankle injury against Slovakiaand although it was only a precaution, it could give TottenhamHotspur's Rafael van der Vaart an opportunity to start againstNorthern Ireland. "Every minute I see as an opportunity," said van der Vaart, whoclaimed Holland's second goal against the Slovaks in Rotterdam witha rare right-footed effort. "The coach has always chosen Wesley in my position, so I have notplayed there a lot lately. When you start on the bench, you alwayshope to be given enough time to be able to prove yourself." Beaten 3-1 by Brazil last weekend, Denmark tackle Australia inCopenhagen on Saturday, while fellow Group B adversaries Portugalmeet Turkey in Lisbon. After successive 0-0 draws against Poland and latterly Macedonia,Cristiano Ronaldo and co are bidding to score their first goalssince the 6-2 thrashing of Bosnia-Herzegovina in the second leg oftheir play-off victory in November. Euro 2012 co-hosts Poland host Andorra in Warsaw, looking to buildon a quietly encouraging run of form that has seen them draw withPortugal before back-to-back 1-0 wins over Latvia and Slovakia. Poland will raise the curtain on this summer's tournament when theymeet Greece in their opening Group A fixture at Warsaw's NationalStadium on June 8. The e-commerce company in China offers quality products such as China Constant Temperature Chamber , Rain Test Chamber, and more. For more , please visit Humidity Test Chamber today!
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