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Belgium national football team
World Cup | Group Stage
Jun 17, 2014 at 5pm UK
 
Algeria national football team

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Fellaini (70'), Mertens (80')
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Feghouli (25' pen.)

Vahid Halilhodzic bemoans "disappointing" loss

Vahid Halilhodzic admits that seeing Algeria throw away a first-half lead against Belgium left him feeling 'disappointed'.

Algeria manager Vahid Halilhodzic has admitted that seeing his side throw away a first-half lead against Belgium in their opening World Cup game was a "major disappointment".

The African side looked on course to pull off an upset in Group H when Sofiane Feghouli put them ahead from the spot after 24 minutes.

However, Belgium hit back with two goals in the final 20 minutes to turn the game on its head, leaving Halilhodzic wondering what could have been.

"It's a major disappointment," the 61-year-old is quoted as saying by BBC Sport. "I would have liked to have a couple of tougher and more resilient players to resist their attacks but I don't have much of a choice.

"We missed a great opportunity here. But in the second half it was a bit tough. We left too much space to the Belgian team and the two goals scored against us were to be expected."

Algeria return to action on Sunday when they take on South Korea.

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