CURITIBA, June 26, 2014 (AFP) – A 60th minute header by Islam Slimani gave Algeria the point they needed to reach the second round of the World Cup for the first time with a 1-1 draw with Russia in Curitiba on Thursday.

Algeria had had to come from 1-0 down to grab the draw and knock 2018 World Cup hosts Russia out inflicting more World Cup woe on their coach Fabio Capello.

While Belgium top the group having beaten the Koreans 1-0, Algeria face a grudge match with Germany on Monday.

The Algerians believe they and not the Germans would have progressed to the second stage of the 1982 World Cup had not Germany beaten Austria 1-0 in a match considered by many to have been played out as a friendly.

Result of World Cup Group H match between Algeria and Russia in Curitiba on Thursday:

Algeria 1 (Slimani 60) Russia 1 (Kokorin 6)

Teams

Algeria: Rais Mbolhi – Aïssa Mandi, Esseid Belkalem, Rafik Halliche (capt), Djamel Mesbah – Sofiane Feghouli, Karl Medjani, Yacine Brahimi (Hassan Yebda 71), Nabil Bentaleb, Adbdelmoumène Djabou (Nabil Ghilas 77) – Islam Slimani ( El Arabi Soudani 90+1)

Yellow cards: Djamel Mesbah (39), Nabil Ghilas (87), Liassine Cadamuro (90+2)

Russia: Igor Akinfeev – Aleksei Kozlov, Vasily Berezutskiy (capt), Sergey Ignashevich, Dmitry Kombarov – Alexander Samedov, Denis Glushakov (Igor Denisov 46), Viktor Fayzulin, Oleg Shatov (Alan Dzagoev 67) – Alexander Kerzhakov (Maksim Kanunnikov 81), Alexander Kokorin

Yellow cards: Dmitry Kombarov (57), Aleksei Kozlov (59)

Referee: Cuneyt Cakir (TUR)