Slovenia beats Qatar 4-1 in friendly
Posted Thursday, March 04, 2010 by YAHOO Sport
MARIBOR, Slovenia (AP)—Slovenia boosted its confidence ahead of the World Cup with a 4-1 victory over Qatar in a friendly on Wednesday.
Slovenia was aggressive from the start, with Milivoje Novakovic opening the scoring in the 13th minute and Bostjan Cesar adding a second in the 30th after collecting a pass from Andraz Kirm, who then made it 3-0 just four minutes later.
AP - Mar 3, 4:13 pm EST 1 of 7 World Soccer Gallery Brazilian-born player Fabio Montesin pulled a goal back for Qatar just before halftime but Bojan Jokic ended any hopes of a Qatar comeback with Slovenia’s fourth in the 67th minute.
Slovenia will face England, the United States and Algeria in Group C at the World Cup in South Africa.
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