Algeria national football team 2014

The two teams had met in two previous matches, both in friendlies, most recently in 2003.[1]

Algeria took a one-goal lead in the first half after Sofiane Feghouli converted a penalty kick, awarded for a foul on him by Jan Vertonghen. Belgium came back with two goals in the second half, both scored by substitutes.[2] The equaliser was scored by Marouane Fellaini, heading in a cross from the left by Kevin De Bruyne, followed by the game winner scored by Dries Mertens from a pass by Eden Hazard.[3]

Feghouli's goal snapped Algeria's 506-minute World Cup scoreless streak stretching back to 1986, second place at the time to the record of 517 minutes between 1930 and 1990 held by Bolivia.[4]

17 June 2014

13:00 UTC−3

Belgium	2–1	Algeria
Fellaini  70' Mertens  80'	Report	Feghouli  25' (pen.)

Estádio Mineirão, Belo Horizonte

Attendance: 56,800

Referee: Marco Rodríguez (Mexico)

Belgium

Algeria

GK 1 Thibaut Courtois RB 2 Toby Alderweireld CB 15 Daniel Van Buyten CB 4 Vincent Kompany (c) LB 5 Jan Vertonghen  24' CM 6 Axel Witsel CM 19 Mousa Dembélé  65' RW 22 Nacer Chadli  46' AM 7 Kevin De Bruyne LW 10 Eden Hazard CF 9 Romelu Lukaku  58' Substitutions: FW 14 Dries Mertens  46' FW 17 Divock Origi  58' MF 8 Marouane Fellaini  65' Manager: Marc Wilmots

GK 23 Raïs M'Bolhi RB 22 Mehdi Mostefa CB 2 Madjid Bougherra (c) CB 5 Rafik Halliche LB 3 Faouzi Ghoulam RM 19 Saphir Taïder CM 12 Carl Medjani  84' LM 14 Nabil Bentaleb  34' AM 10 Sofiane Feghouli AM 21 Riyad Mahrez  71' CF 15 El Arbi Hillel Soudani  66' Substitutions: FW 13 Islam Slimani  66' MF 8 Medhi Lacen  71' FW 9 Nabil Ghilas  84' Manager: Vahid Halilhodžić

The two teams had met in one previous match, in a friendly in 1985.[5]

Algeria, which needed at least a point to stay alive in the competition, scored three goals in the first half to take a comfortable lead. First, Islam Slimani sped past two South Korean defenders to receive Carl Medjani's long pass and slot home with his left foot past the advancing goalkeeper. Two minutes later, Rafik Halliche headed in Abdelmoumene Djabou's corner from the left. Djabou scored himself later after he received a pass from Slimani, shooting low with his left foot from twelve yards out.[6] Early in the second half, Son Heung-min controlled a long pass from Ki Sung-yueng to shoot with his left foot between the goalkeepers legs and reduce the deficit, but Yacine Brahimi restored Algeria's three-goal lead after a one-two with Sofiane Feghouli to side foot home from inside the penalty area with his right foot. Koo Ja-cheol scored South Korea's second goal after a pass from Lee Keun-ho from the left, but Algeria held on for its third ever World Cup victory, but its first since 24 June 1982.[7]

Algeria became the first African team to score four goals in a World Cup match.[8]

22 June 2014

16:00 UTC−3

South Korea	2–4	Algeria
Son Heung-min  50' Koo Ja-cheol  72'	Report	Slimani  26' Halliche  28' Djabou  38' Brahimi  62'

Estádio Beira-Rio, Porto Alegre

Attendance: 42,732

Referee: Wilmar Roldán (Colombia)

South Korea

Algeria

GK 1 Jung Sung-ryong RB 12 Lee Yong  54' CB 20 Hong Jeong-ho CB 5 Kim Young-gwon LB 3 Yun Suk-young CM 14 Han Kook-young  69'  78' CM 16 Ki Sung-yueng RW 17 Lee Chung-yong  64' AM 13 Koo Ja-cheol (c) LW 9 Son Heung-min CF 10 Park Chu-young  57' Substitutions: FW 18 Kim Shin-wook  57' FW 11 Lee Keun-ho  64' FW 19 Ji Dong-won  78' Manager: Hong Myung-bo

GK 23 Raïs M'Bolhi CB 12 Carl Medjani CB 2 Madjid Bougherra (c)  67'  89' CB 5 Rafik Halliche RWB 20 Aïssa Mandi LWB 6 Djamel Mesbah CM 11 Yacine Brahimi  77' CM 18 Abdelmoumene Djabou  73' RW 10 Sofiane Feghouli LW 14 Nabil Bentaleb CF 13 Islam Slimani Substitutions: FW 9 Nabil Ghilas  73' MF 8 Medhi Lacen  77' DF 4 Essaïd Belkalem  89' Manager: Vahid Halilhodžić

The two teams had met in one previous match (including matches involving the Soviet Union), in a friendly in 1964 (Algeria 2–2 Soviet Union).[9]

Aleksandr Kokorin opened the scoring for Russia, which had to win to have chance of qualifying for the knockout stage, in the 6th minute when he scored with a header after a cross from Dmitri Kombarov from the left. Algeria equalised in the 60th minute when Islam Slimani scored with a header at the back post after a free kick from the left by Yacine Brahimi which was missed by Russian goalkeeper Igor Akinfeev. Algeria held on for the draw, and as South Korea lost to Belgium in the other match played at the same time, Algeria finished as group runners-up and reached the second round for the first time in their history (after unsuccessful campaigns in 1982, 1986, and 2010), while Russia failed to advance out of the group stage in all three tournaments since the break-up of the Soviet Union.[10]

For Algeria's goal, television replays showed that Akinfeev had a green laser light shining in his face during the play.[11] After the match the Algerian Football Federation was fined 50,000 CHF by FIFA for the use of laser pointers, a prohibited item in the stadium according to FIFA Stadium Safety and Security Regulations,[12] and other violations of the rules by Algerian fans.[13]

With fellow African representative Nigeria also reaching the knockout stage earlier, this was the first time there were two teams from the Confederation of African Football in the knockout stage of a World Cup.[14]

26 June 2014

17:00 UTC−3

Algeria	1–1	Russia
Slimani  60'	Report	Kokorin  6'

Arena da Baixada, Curitiba

Attendance: 39,311

Referee: Cüneyt Çakır (Turkey)

Algeria

Russia

GK 23 Raïs M'Bolhi RB 20 Aïssa Mandi CB 4 Essaïd Belkalem CB 5 Rafik Halliche (c) LB 6 Djamel Mesbah  39' CM 12 Carl Medjani CM 14 Nabil Bentaleb RW 10 Sofiane Feghouli AM 11 Yacine Brahimi  71' LW 18 Abdelmoumene Djabou  77' CF 13 Islam Slimani  90+2' Substitutions: MF 7 Hassan Yebda  71' FW 9 Nabil Ghilas  87'  77' FW 15 El Arbi Hillel Soudani  90+2' DF 17 Liassine Cadamuro  90+2'[nb 1] Manager: Vahid Halilhodžić

GK 1 Igor Akinfeev RB 2 Aleksei Kozlov  59' CB 14 Vasili Berezutski (c) CB 4 Sergei Ignashevich LB 23 Dmitri Kombarov  57' CM 8 Denis Glushakov  46' CM 20 Viktor Fayzulin RW 19 Aleksandr Samedov AM 9 Aleksandr Kokorin LW 17 Oleg Shatov  67' CF 11 Aleksandr Kerzhakov  81' Substitutions: MF 7 Igor Denisov  46' MF 10 Alan Dzagoev  67' FW 6 Maksim Kanunnikov  81' Manager: Fabio Capello

Notes

The two teams had met in two previous matches,[15] including in the 1982 FIFA World Cup group stage, where Algeria defeated West Germany 2–1. This match was Algeria's first ever in the FIFA World Cup knockout stage.

After a goalless 90 minutes, Germany opened the scoring two minutes into extra time, when half-time substitute André Schürrle scored with a left foot back-heel from Thomas Müller's cross from the left.[16] Germany extended the lead in the 120th minute when Mesut Özil converted with his left foot high into the net after Schürrle's shot was blocked on the line, but Algeria pulled one back in injury time when substitute Abdelmoumene Djabou scored with his left foot from six yards after a cross from the right by Sofiane Feghouli.[17]

Germany advanced to the quarter-finals to face France, continuing their streak of reaching the last eight in every World Cup since 1954.[18] Djabou's goal, timed at 120 minutes and 51 seconds, was the latest goal in World Cup history, surpassing Alessandro Del Piero's goal against Germany in 2006, timed at 120 minutes and 32 seconds.[19]

30 June 2014

17:00

Germany	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Algeria
Schürrle  92' Özil  120'	Report	Djabou  120+1'

Estádio Beira-Rio, Porto Alegre

Attendance: 43,063

Referee: Sandro Ricci (Brazil)

Germany

Algeria

GK 1 Manuel Neuer RB 21 Shkodran Mustafi  70' CB 17 Per Mertesacker CB 20 Jérôme Boateng LB 4 Benedikt Höwedes DM 16 Philipp Lahm (c)  107' CM 7 Bastian Schweinsteiger  109' CM 18 Toni Kroos RW 8 Mesut Özil LW 19 Mario Götze  46' CF 13 Thomas Müller Substitutes: MF 9 André Schürrle  46' MF 6 Sami Khedira  70' MF 23 Christoph Kramer  109' Manager: Joachim Löw

GK 23 Raïs M'Bolhi CB 22 Mehdi Mostefa CB 4 Essaïd Belkalem CB 5 Rafik Halliche (c)  42'  97' RWB 20 Aïssa Mandi LWB 3 Faouzi Ghoulam DM 8 Medhi Lacen RM 19 Saphir Taïder  78' CM 10 Sofiane Feghouli LM 13 Islam Slimani CF 15 El Arbi Hillel Soudani  100' Substitutes: MF 11 Yacine Brahimi  78' DF 2 Madjid Bougherra  97' MF 18 Abdelmoumene Djabou  100' Manager: Vahid Halilhodžić

Correct as of 19 November 2014 (v.  Mali).
Numbers are listed by player's number in WC&CAF Qualification or last friendly played

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Friendlies		World Cup		Africa Cup Qualification
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
23	GK		Raïs M'Bolhi	9	0	1+0	0	4+0	0	4+0	0
1	GK		Azzedine Doukha	1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
16	GK		Mohamed Lamine Zemmamouche	3	0	2+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
12	DF		Carl Medjani	11	1	1+1	0	3+0	0	6+0	1
22	DF		Mehdi Mostefa	4	0	2+0	0	2+0	0	0+0	0
6	DF		Djamel Mesbah	8	1	1+0	0	2+0	0	3+2	1
17	DF		Liassine Cadamuro	3	0	2+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
4	DF		Essaïd Belkalem	7	1	1+0	1	2+1	0	3+0	0
5	DF		Rafik Halliche	10	2	1+2	0	4+0	1	3+0	1
3	DF		Faouzi Ghoulam	8	0	2+0	0	2+0	0	4+0	0
20	DF		Aïssa Mandi	10	0	2+0	0	3+0	0	5+0	0
2	DF		Madjid Bougherra	6	0	2+0	0	2+1	0	0+1	0
	DF		Mehdi Zeffane	1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
7	MF		Hassan Yebda	3	0	0+2	0	0+1	0	0+0	0
14	MF		Nabil Bentaleb	9	1	2+1	1	3+0	0	2+1	0
	MF		Zinedine Ferhat	1	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
8	MF		Mehdi Lacen	12	0	1+2	0	1+2	0	6+0	0
	MF		Adlène Guedioura	3	0	1+0	0	0+0	0	0+2	0
10	MF		Sofiane Feghouli	12	4	1+1	0	4+0	1	5+1	3
	MF		Foued Kadir	1	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
11	MF		Yacine Brahimi	11	3	1+1	0	2+1	1	5+1	2
21	MF		Riyad Mahrez	9	1	1+1	0	1+0	0	4+2	1
19	MF		Saphir Taïder	11	1	2+1	1	2+0	0	3+3	0
18	MF		Abdelmoumene Djabou	6	2	1+1	0	2+1	2	0+1	0
15	FW		El Arbi Hillel Soudani	9	2	2+1	2	2+1	0	2+1	0
13	FW		Islam Slimani	13	4	2+1	1	3+1	2	5+1	1
	FW		Rafik Djebbour	1	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
9	FW		Nabil Ghilas	4	1	1+0	1	0+3	0	0+0	0
	FW		Ishak Belfodil	3	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	1+2	0
	FW		Baghdad Bounedjah	1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+1	0

Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted alphabetically by surname when total goals are equal.