Slovenian PM offers to clean players' shoes

Slovenian Prime minister Borut Pahor has offered to clean the players' shoes if the national soccer team qualify for the World Cup finals via next month's playoffs.

"We have a second chance and we will use it ... and I will clean shoes," Pahor told a news conference on Thursday, the day after Slovenia beat San Marino 3-0 to finish second in qualifying Group Three behind Slovakia.
                                          
Slovenia, who qualified for Euro 2000 and the 2002 World Cup, beat Slovakia 2-0 away on Saturday but finished two points behind the group winners.

They will play France, Russia, Portugal or Greece next month in a bid to reach next year's World Cup in South Africa.