[WORLD CUP COUNTDOWN] Such was the anticipation of Algeria’s World Cup warmup against Serbia in Algiers that the 70,000-seat Stade du 5 Juillet was filled threehours before gametime. Such was the crowd’s disappointment in the Desert Foxes’ performance that the stadium was half empty shortly after Dusko Tosic made it3-0 for Serbia in the 65th minute.

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