Referee: Carlos Batres (Guatemala)
LINEUPS:
Algeria (433): Bohil, Yahia, Bougherra, Halliche, Lacen, Yebda, Kadir, Belhadj, Djebbour (Medjani (85'), Ziani (Mansouri 70'), Matmour (Saifi 62')
Slovenia (442): Handanovic, Brecko, Jokic, Suler, Cesar, Radosavijevic, Koren, Birsa (Komac 71'), Ljubijankic (Dedic 59'), Novakovic, Kirm (Pecnik 79')
This match lived up to it's billing and failed to generate much excitement out of the 30,000+ crowd. Bohil would have very little to do in his goal and his opposite number Handanovic was beaten minutes before the interval when Yahia crossed it neatly for Belhadj.
Both nations had good defensive setups for the match, cancelling out the already limited offensive ideas and the game become a battle for supremacy in the middle of the park. The best chances for Slovenia came early in both halves. Jokic sent his 8th minute header way wide of goal and a direct free kick in a good position was smashed into the wall twelve minutes after the restart. Djebbour came close to adding a second for Algeria in the 73rd minute but his hard drive was saved well.
Algeria 1 - 0 Slovenia
Goalscorers:
ALG Belhadj 41'
Discipline:
ALG Kadir 32'
ALG Halliche 36'
SVN Cesar 54'
ALG Djebbour 78'
Man of the Match:
ALG Rafik Halliche
| GROUP C | ||||||||
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| England | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 3 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 3 |
| Slovenia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| United States | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
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