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Guus Hiddink’s Russia looked about ready to start calling a travel agent to book its arrangements for South Africa in June. The Russians held a comfortable 2-0 lead against Slovenia in Saturday’s UEFA playoff in Moscow thanks to a pair of goals from Everton’s Diniyar Bilyaletdinov.
To Slovenia’s credit, the World Cup hopefuls didn’t stop charging and its effort paid off when substitute Nejc Pecnik headed home a rebound from a shot by Robert Koren to make it finish 2-1. For Slovenia it was a crucial away goal as the two-leg playoff heads to Maribor on Wednesday.
Slovenia Stays Alive vs. Russia in UEFA World Cup Playoffs originally appeared on Soccer FanHouse on Sat, 14 Nov 2009 13:31:00 EST . Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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