It was but a speculative Robert Koren shot from 25 yards that was helped by Faouzi to convert into a goal. (You need not good if you are lucky). It was the case in otherwise monotonous match when at 80th minute the Peter Mokaba stadium witnessed Green-esque horror.
Robert Koren, Slovenian captain and former West Brom midfield did not dispatch a venmous shot but Algerian goalkeeper took it too dangerous to place himself behind the ball and let it bounce off his shoulder into the net to which he was guarding (supposedly).
Algerians did not only receive a goal but also a red card for Abdelkader Ghezzal and then a lot of pressure for being ten against eleven and this horror of being less in numbers did not leave Algerians till the end of the game.
Slovenian win has put them on top of the fledgling table with the chance to qualify for the next round (another fate twist or it is FIFA twist).
Today’s match has shown that both Algeria and Slovenia are toothless enemy that would hardly threaten big nations like England and USA.
Just to remind English fans, Slovenia has reached to this far only by defeating Russia and both England and USA knew what they mean by Russia especially in the wake of England’s habit of stumbling over resolute teams (if not good)