(13 Jun 2010) SHOTLIST
1. Zoom in to Slovenia fans holding up team scarves in celebration as they walk out of Peter Mokaba Stadium after match
2. SOUNDBITE (English) Thomas Buditze and Mitia Madon, Slovenia football fans:
Mitia Madon: " We are extremely happy."
Thomas Buditze: "That's the best result, 1-0. That means we just give one more goal than opposite one."
Mitia Madon: "It's great, it's great."
3. Slovenia fans celebrating as they leave stadium, waving flag, scarves
4. Wide of Peter Mokaba Stadium as fans leave at end of match
5. Fans walking
6. Algeria fan walking out alone across road at end of game with flag over his shoulders
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Gundouz Moussa, Algeria football fan:
"It was not, like, good, because really we played very good, better than Slovenians and we get this result."
8. Man walking away with Algerian flag draped over shoulders
9. Zoom in from wide to medium of Algerians walking out of stadium
10. SOUNDBITE (French) Jamal Mohamed, Algeria football fan:
"They played well, without deserving the zero, they didn't deserve the zero. But it's the odds, the hazards, the referee, it's a combination of everything. We are disappointed but we will do a lot more."
11. Algeria fans walking out
STORYLINE
Slovenian football fans rejoiced after Robert Koren scored a late goal on Sunday to give Slovenia a 1-0 win over 10-man Algeria and first place in Group C of the World Cup.
The Slovenian captain scored with a long-range shot that Algeria goalkeeper Fawzi Chaouchi misjudged and allowed to bounce into the net off his arm in the 79th minute.
Algeria substitute Abdelkader Ghezzal had been sent off seven minutes earlier, picking up a second yellow card for handling the ball inside the Slovenian penalty area.
It was the tiny Balkan nation's first ever World Cup victory after losing all three group matches at the 2002 tournament.
"That's the best result, 1-0," said happy Slovenian fan Thomas Buditze outside the stadium after the game.
"It's great, it's great," said his friend, Mitia Madon.
The Algerian fans, in contrast, were dejected by their team's loss.
"We played very good, better than Slovenians, and we get this result," grumbled Gundouz Moussa as he walked out of the venue with his country's flag draped around his shoulders.
Both sides knew heading into the match that a loss would be costly, with difficult encounters against England and the United States left on the programme.
The Group C favourites drew 1-1 on Saturday after a blunder by goalkeeper Robert Green cost England the victory.
The players in Polokwane showed nerves in the first half, frequently losing possession with inaccurate passes and crosses.
Slovenia's only scoring chance before the break was Valter Birsa's long-range attempt in the 43rd, tipped over the bar in a spectacular right-hand save by Chaouchi.
The Group C game at the newly built Peter Mokaba Stadium was the first ever World Cup match played on a surface partly consisting of artificial grass. Similar turf is being used at some major stadiums in Europe.
The match could have taken a different turn when Algeria midfielder Karim Ziani caught defender Marko Suler off guard and pushed toward the Slovenian goal but was cut off by Handanovic.
Algeria pressed for an equaliser in the final minutes but was unable to break through the Slovenian defence.
Algeria beat North African rival Egypt in a tense play-off to qualify for the World Cup for the first time since 1986.
Slovenia reached its second World Cup with an upset playoff victory over Russia.

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