England delivered one of their worst tournament performances for years when they were held to a goalless draw by Algeria at Cape Town Stadium on Friday to leave their World Cup qualification hanging on the final matches.
However, a repeat of their ragged, disorganised error-strewn display in Green Point stadium is unlikely to be enough to get them past Slovenia and could lead to an embarrassing first-round exit having been given what was widely considered an easy draw.
Algeria, who had looked nervous in their opening 1-0 defeat by Slovenia, were good value for their draw and for long spells looked the sharper of the two teams.
Slovenia have four points after their 2-2 draw with the United States, who have two. England also have two points with the north Africans on one.
England’s final game is against Slovenia in Port Elizabeth while Algeria take on the United States in Pretoria, both on June 23. Read more…
