A story by Anže

Slovene football team
In the year 2008 Slovenian football team as usually started to play in qualifications for the football world cup in South Africa.
Their first game was against Poland. Poland was leading 1:0 when Slovenian Zlatko Dedić scored a goal for a draw in Poland which was a good score against a very good team. The next game was against Slovakia in Ljudski vrt. Milivoje Novakovič scored two goals and we beat Slovakia 2:1. A month later we competed in Belfast in Northern Ireland. We were trying to score a goal for 80 minutes, then in a moment everything changed, again Milivoje Novakovič scored a goal and Zlatan Ljubljankič a few minutes later. After a good start of qualifications, the football was a first thing to talk about in Slovenia. But when you expected too much there goes wrong. Slovenia lost in Czech Republic, drew in Ljudski vrt and lost in Northern Ireland. We thought that the dream of South Africa was over, but then Slovenia started to grind the oponents. First we beat San Marino at home. Then the Poland team came to Slovenia, and we had to win. Slovenian football team beat Poland team with a score three to null. The next game was against Slovakia. Slovaks needed only one point to qualify into the world cup, but our plans were different. Valter Birsa scored an amazing goal from more than 25 meters, and later Nejc Pečnik. We beat them 2:0 and coach of Slovenia Matjaž Kek was very happy, but we were still far away from the success in Africa. We beat San Marino 3:0 and if we wanted to go to Africa cup directly, Slovakia had to lost or draw in Poland. That didn't happen, so Slovenia went in qualification playoffs. Slovenia got a strong Russia. The first game was on artificial gass in Moscow. Russia was leading 2:0, then Nejc Pečnik scored a goal for Slovenia. Slovenia needed a score at least 1:0 to go to Africa. In the forty-third minute Zlatko Dedič scored .
Slovenia made it into the world cup in South Africa.
Anže Habjan, 8.a