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| Novakovic nets brace for Slovenia |
Milivoje Novakovic scored two fine free-kicks to send Slovenia off to the World Cup in good heart with a comfortable win over fellow qualifiers New Zealand in Maribor.
The Cologne striker sent his first set-piece flying past Kiwi goalkeeper Mark Paston in the sixth minute but New Zealand - in good form after last week's win over Serbia - hit back 15 minutes later through Rory Fallon.
Novakovic's second free-kick put the Slovenians back in front on the half-hour, though, and Andraz Kim completed the scoring on the stroke of half-time.
Home coach Matjaz Kek made five second-half substitutions as the encounter petered out.
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