A 1-1 draw was enough for Algeria to advance to the knockout stage on Thursday for the first time in the history of the country. Dmitri Kombarov crossed it to Aleksandr Kokorin who netted it into the top corner for the Russians in the 6th minute, if that result would have held Russia would have advanced to face Germany on Monday, but Islam Slimani had other plans, with a strike that found the back of the net right on the hour he secured advancement for The Desert Foxes and it is Algeria who will face Germany at 4 pm at Porto Alegre.