Slovenia beat Algeria on late goal,news.

Slovenia recorded their first ever World Cup finals victory on Sunday with a 1-0 win over 10-man Algeria in their Group C clash.

Captain Robert Koren scored the only goal of a poor game in the 79th minute to give Slovenia the three points after they lost all three matches in their previous finals appearance in 2002.

Algeria had substitute Abdelkadel Ghezzal sent-off in the 72nd minute after only being on the pitch for 14 minutes.