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Algeria gets a graceful exit from World Cup
Jun 23rd
Algeria started the game with a fighting spirit and was unlucky not to get a goal in the first half of FIFA world cup in South Africa.
USA got a late chance in the second minute of the stoppage time when Donovan struck the goal.
Final score Algeria 0- USA 1. With this win USA and England advance to the round of 16.
Algerian soccer team gets FIFA points
Dec 16th
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PARIS – FIFA has awarded Wednesday Spain as the team of the year, with 15 victories in 16 games in 2009, while Algeria and Brazil have the highest increase over the previous year with a gain of 322 points each in the Fifa rankings.
This is the second consecutive year that Spain won this distinction. The only defeat of Spain in 2009 was in the semi-finals of the Confederations Cup this summer against the United States. Spain tops FIFA’s latest rankings released in November.
Algeria, qualified for the World Cup 24 years after her last participation, achieves the rank of its history, winning 38 seats to climb to 26th place. Brazil, however, is in second place behind Spain.
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