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Slovenia bullish ahead of England clash

2014-11-15 13:57:00 from:SNTV

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Slovenia is confident of causing an upset in Saturday night's Group E qualifer against England at Wembley Stadium.

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It's the home of football, where dreams are realised, but on Saturday Slovenia is aiming to taint Wayne Rooney's.

SOUNDBITE: Srecko Katanec, Slovenia coach

"I prefer tomorrow that we play again like against Switzerland and that the score will be 1-0 for us - why not.

Rooney may be celebrating his hundredth cap at Wembley Stadium, but Slovenia coach Srecko Katanec is confident of causing an upset in the European qualifier.

SOUNDBITE: Srecko Katanec, Slovenia coach

"I lost the games when my team was much better. I win the games when my team was worse."

Slovenia are England's closest rival in Group E.

Despite losing to Estonia in their first match, they've gone on to claim consecutive wins over Lithuania and the highly fancied Swiss.

The Three Lions could be next in line to drop points against Katanec's side, as Roy Hodgson battles a string of injuries and concerns over the state of the pitch.

SOUNDBITE: Srecko Katanec, Slovenia coach

"For the players it will be the same - or (if) the pitch is super or bad or synthetic, you must play the game. So, tomorrow at five (p.m.) they said."

A win for England will cement their place at the top of the group.

If Slovenia's resurgence continues, they'll go level on points.

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