South Korea 2 - 4 Algeria

Slimani 26'
Halliche 28'
Djabou 38'
Son Heung-min 50'
Brahimi 62'
Koo Ja-cheol 72'

Algeria moved up to second in World Cup
Group H as they overcame South Korea in a
six-goal thriller in Porto Alegre.

Islam Slimani ran onto a long ball to flick in the
first and a Rafick Halliche header put Algeria 2-0
up.

Abdelmoumene Djabou sidefooted in a third,
before Song Heung-min's low shot pulled one
back as South Korea rallied.

Yacine Brahimi added Algeria's fourth and,
despite Koo Ja-cheol scoring a second for Korea,
Algeria held on for their first World Cup win
since 1982.

Algeria, narrowly beaten by group leaders
Belgium in their opening game, knew a second
defeat would end their hopes of getting out of
the group stage for the first time.
They
responded in emphatic fashion, becoming the
first African team to score four goals in a World
Cup game.

A win for the Desert Foxes against Russia will
now secure a last-16 spot, and a draw could be
enough if South Korea fail to beat Belgium.

Algeria coach Vahid Halilhodzic made five
changes from the opening defeat by Belgium
and his reshuffle had the desired impact.

Sofiane Feghouli had a strong shout for a
penalty turned down when he appeared to have
been tripped by Kim Young-gwon before the ball
fell for Brahimi to hook over.
Slimani then found space at the far post only to
head wide and also badly mistimed a first-time
shot from six yards as he met an inviting cross
from Aissa Mandi.

But the Portugal-based striker, who was his
side's top scorer in qualifying, did not take long
to atone as he outpaced two defenders to get to
a long Carl Medjani pass and flick the ball past
on-rushing keeper Jung Sung-ryong.
Defender Halliche extended the lead two
minutes later with his second goal for his
country, a thumping header from an Djabou
corner.

And Djabou turned from provider to goalscorer
when Slimani slipped a ball across for him to
sidefoot home.

South Korea had not managed a shot on target
in the first half but pulled a goal back shortly
after the break - a mistake from Madjid
Bougherra allowing Song to send a shot through
the legs of keeper Rais Mbohli.

It was now Algeria's turn to be penned back and
they survived a further scare when Ki Sung-
yueng had a long range shot palmed over by
Mbohli.
However, Brahimi restored his side's three-goal
advantage when he played a one-two with
Feghouli before slotting past Jung.

But a much-improved South Korea were not
finished, and after the Desert Foxes failed to
clear their lines, Lee Keun-ho played the ball
across the box for Koo to slot in, before a tiring
Algeria managed to regroup and close out the
win.

Algeria coach Vahid Halilhodzic:
"We played an almost perfect first period.
"We played very well, very effectively and then it
went down a little bit - maybe it was
psychological, maybe it was physical - we will
have to talk about this.
"But I think that this was a real feat this
afternoon and I would like to congratulate my
players."

South Korea coach Hong Myung-bo:
"In the stadium, there were a lot of Korean fans
and I would like to apologise to them.
"We have one game left and I would just like to
promise that we will do our best for the next
match."

SOURCE - BBCSPORT

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