Slovenia and Algeria stay scoreless into the match’s final 16 minutes, but Algeria will close the match with ten men after substitute forward Abdelkader Ghezzal accumulated a second yellow card can was dismissed.
Ghezzal, who came on near the beginning of the second half, was giving a card early for pulling a Slovene jersey. Just after the 70 minute mark, Ghezzal w as called for an intentional hand ball, shown a second yellow, and became the tournament’s second player to earn an ejection.
Uruguay’s Nicolas Lodeiro, also a substitute, was dismissed from Friday’s match against France. Like Lodeiro, Ghezzal will miss the next match, against England.


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