Algeria Holds England to 0-0 Draw; Germany Upset
Algeria held England to a 0-0 draw at the World Cup on Friday, leaving Group C wide open headed into the final game of first-round play.
With Wayne Rooney held without a goal for the seventh straight match, England lacked a scoring touch against an opponent fighting to avoid becoming the first nation eliminated from the tournament.
England hasn't scored since the fourth minute of its opening match against the United States, also a draw. Algeria hasn't scored at all.
After Friday's games, Slovenia had four points to lead Group C, while England and the United States both had two. Algeria had one.
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Earlier Friday, Germany lost a player, missed a penalty and lacked a scorer, losing 1-0 to Serbia in Group D and making progress to the knockout round much more difficult.
The three-time world champions lost striker Miroslav Klose to a second yellow card in the 37th minute, and Milan Jovanovic scored a minute later to give Serbia its first World Cup win as an independent nation.
"It was a difficult game, a very important game for us," said Serbia goalkeeper Vladimir Stojkovic, who saved a penalty from Lukas Podolski and was voted man of the match. "This is a great victory for all of us. We have showed we are a good team and we believe in ourselves."
The last time Germany lost a group match was in 1986, but the team still reached the final that year.
Also, the United States came back from two goals down to draw 2-2 with Slovenia in Group C.
In Port Elizabeth, Jovanovic beat Germany goalkeeper Manuel Neuer in the 38th minute with the side of his foot.
Serbia's win left both teams with three points in the group. Ghana and Australia play Saturday.
"We beat Germany," Jovanovic said, "and it's something real big for us."
Podolski missed his penalty in the 60th, shooting weakly at Stojkovic. The Serbs earned the spot kick when Nemanja Vidic handled the ball in the area.
The last time Germany missed a non-shootout penalty at a World Cup was in 1974, a miss by Uli Hoeness against Poland.
Klose was given yellow cards in the 12th and 37th minutes, the first seemed unlucky but the latter was for a rough tackle.
"Football is a contact sport and one factor should be whether there was malice and intention," said Klose, who has scored 11 World Cup goals. "I thought I went after the ball."
Michael Bradley and Landon Donovan gave the United States another point in Group C, each scoring in the second half at Ellis Park.
"This team still understands how to fight for 90 minutes," United States coach Bob Bradley said. "This is something we've seen time and time again."
Donovan scored from a narrow angle in the 48th minute for his 43rd international goal, and Bradley put in the equalizer in the 82nd from Jozy Altidore's header.
The Americans thought they had a winner in the 86th, but substitute Maurice Edu's volley was disallowed for a foul.
"I'm a little gutted to be honest," Donovan said. "I don't know how they stole that last goal from us ... I'm not sure what the call was. He (the referee) wouldn't tell us what the call was."
Valter Birsa scored in the 13th minute and Zlatan Ljubijankic doubled the score for Slovenia in the 42nd.
In Tembisa, the four North Korean football players reported as "missing" turned up for World Cup practice.
The four players missed North Korea's match Tuesday against Brazil. FIFA denied the players were ever missing and said they were left out of Tuesday's lineup because of a technical error.
The players — Pak Sung Hyok, An Chol Hyok, Kim Kyong Il and Kim Myong Won — were on the field for training as usual Friday.