Slovenia will be competing with Australia during the International friendly football match this Wednesday. The match will be held at the Ullevaal Stadium at 20:15 British Summer Time.

This is regarded as the first international football match for both Slovenia as well as Australia after the World Cup 2010. Slovenia wasn’t able to join or qualify during the 16 round of the 2010 World Cup. Slovenia won over Algeria with 1-0, lost the game versus England with 0-1 and made a draw versus United States with 2-2 in 2010 World Cup group round.

Slovenia was ranked in the 19^th position garnering 917 points while Australia was ranked the 20^th with 911 points during the FIFA / Coca-Cola world rankings.

On the other hand, Australia did not qualify as well during the last 16 round in 2010 World Cup. The said country won over Serbia with 2-1, lost against Germany with 0-4, as well as made a draw against Ghana in with 1-1 during the 2010 World Cup group round.

Last June 26, 2010, the Slovenian national football team was welcomed by their supporters at the Ljubljana airport. This was after their first round in the World Cup held in South Africa.

They were welcomed by approximately 10,000 fans during the reception program. The Slovenian team is believed to be qualified for the second round until the United States scored versus Algeria during the last few minutes.

The team together with Matjaž Kek, Slovenian football team’s coach were overwhelmed with the support and warm welcome of their fans and promised that this will not be their last World Cup. The Slovenian team as well expressed their potential participation during the European championships soon.

Today, at Ellis Park, Johannesburg, Slovenia will try their best to get a place in the World Cup’s elimination phase through winning over the United States today under the Group C clash.

Slovenia gets their confidence after getting a historic 1:0 win versus Algeria during the opening match which made them leading in the group. This perseverance arises even with US as one of the favorites plus US is ranked 11 places above Slovenia on FIFA’s world rankings, 14th versus 25th.

Although the Slovenian players believe they will be victorious, Miso Brecko, the defender of the team still believes a draw will be possible. But they claim that a draw is okay, but will still be aiming to win.

A lot of experts perceive a close-fought match since both teams have identical style of playing. They believe that the key to the team who will be winning the match is the ability of the midfield of one of the teams creating a possession advantage over their opponents.

Slovenia has to do their best plus to impress President Danilo Türk who will be traveling to South Africa to witness the said match. Aside from President Türk, approximately 1,000 Slovenian football fans anticipated to watch and fill up the Ellis Park.