Slovenia Dents US World Cup Hopes

What an awesome match! Slovenia raced to a 2-0 lead by the end of the first half, United States came storming back to force a draw in the second. USA could have won the tie if Maurice Edu's goal had not been disallowed.

United States never say die attitude was evident throughout this match. Even though Slovenia had a 2-goal lead, they had never looked in control of the match. Dempsey, Donovan, Bradley and Altidore were the attacking threats and they worried the Green Dragons defence.

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Group C Second Goalkeeping Error Hands Slovenia An Undeserved Win

If Rob Green's goalkeeping error was seen as terrible, then Faouzi Chaouchi's blunder could be incriminating evidence of a suspected bribe. Yes, it was that horrible. Chaouchi may have been unsighted by the defenders in front of him or perhaps the pace of the ball surprised him, but he made no attempt to save Robert Koren's shot at all.Group C now has the unwanted reputation for "keeper curse".

Slovenia and Algeria played each other for the first time in a World Cup match but did not provide any reason for us to want to hope for a rematch. This was the most boring match of the World Cup so far. The most exciting part of the match was to watch Zinedine Zidane climb into his stadium chair.

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2010 World Cup Group C Head To Head

Group C pits England with unfamiliar foes. Apart from the United States, England have not played in a competitive match against Algeria or Slovenia. The unknown factor, nevertheless should not be seen as a disadvantage to England. In fact, Nadir Belhadj and Robert Koren are familiar faces in the English Premier League. The quality of the opposition would surely have been topmost on Capello's World Cup preparation.

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