Algeria's Adlene Guedioura has promised the side will show more fight when they come up against England in Cape Town on Friday.
Injured England midfielder Gareth Barry said that he expects to be fit to start his team's second match, against Algeria, in Cape Town on Friday.
FIFA.com profiles Algeria's qualification for South Africa and highlights the star players, the coach and the country's football history.
Ranked among the favourites, England will aim to assert their status in Group C, where they face an intriguing trip down memory lane with?USA.
FIFA.com looks back on the thrills and spills in the African Zone, where Algeria, Cameroon, Cote d’Ivoire, Ghana and Nigeria all made it through.