i love random stats, the only time NZ have scored first in this tournament previously was same minute of the game we played against Italy in SA. In that we ended up having a draw, in saying that we all know we didn't lose a game that tournament
awful defending there, reasonably good build up turns into NZ thinking they have more time than reality and botch their attack dreadfully allowing a counter attack that almost saw an equalizer. Mr Left Post with the save
at very least we've been very competitive and have done well getting the guys up front in attacking position
Not a fan of Wood taking the free kicks. Very open game surprisingly, Joe Bell has a massive job in the 2nd half cutting out Iran's counters.
2-2 been a great game i think....might be blind optimism but i think they look exhausted...more than we do anyway
@bayimports said in FIFA World Cup:
Brilliant cross provides Iran with another back to 2-2
Quality goal
Have to continue to snipe through the middle and use Wood to hold up the ball in the box. Our crosses lack quality
@Kiwiwomble said in FIFA World Cup:
2-2 been a great game i think....might be blind optimism but i think they look exhausted...more than we do anyway
We’re going for subs, it’s hot and we don’t look like we’re used to it. If game stays open we’re a chance but I think they are better executing on a counter than we are, so need to be clinical with chances or put it out
@Kiwiwomble said in FIFA World Cup:
@canefan i thought we'd had some really good attacking opportunities in the last 10mins
Need to get Wood involved. We don't seem able to get into the opposition red zone right now
@Kiwiwomble said in FIFA World Cup:
@canefan i feel its almost been deliberate, we know hes going to be marked so the others are flooding forward, he just needs to hold for a second which hes done well
He's the focus and everyone else has to run off him
that's a wonderful performance against a way way higher ranked side. we didn't stick behind it and try to hit on the break, we took them on, and can be a slight disappointed with a draw in a cracking game.
Yeah fun watch looked like we were up for the fight. Will take the point but being in front twice has to be tough on the team been so close to first ever win. Hope it gives them more confidence
Great game with both teams contributing a lot to the game. The high cross game wasn't very effective IMHO, we looked better when our nippy midfielders drove into the top of the goal box and got it into Wood. That's the way forward
doesn't really get any easier does it? tough group.
looks like we just dumped Iran down 3 spots in their ranking.
What was the Egypt Belgium game like? Nice to see us play positive football anyway. I assume those two are the top ranked teams in the group
@canefan said in FIFA World Cup:
What was the Egypt Belgium game like? Nice to see us play positive football anyway. I assume those two are the top ranked teams in the group
cagey. Egypt were niggly, diving in to challenges, giving lip, lots of energy. Belgium looked like a team of better but old players. KdB probably should have scored twice, they looked way better when they brought Lukaku on as a real target up front. On another day Belgium win by 2.
Interesting, Iran has a world ranking of 20, and Egypt 29. We should feel quietly confident of our chances
Best game I've watched so far and I've seen quite a few - genuinely end to end and both teams knowing a win would almost guarantee qualification. Nice to see NZ go out there to play although we did get caught out a fair few times. Plus both goals were really nicely worked.
@canefan said in FIFA World Cup:
Interesting, Iran has a world ranking of 20, and Egypt 29. We should feel quietly confident of our chances
probably wont underestimate us now though, thought Egypt would have been above them myself, but i dont follow int rankings too closely
@bayimports said in FIFA World Cup:
@canefan said in FIFA World Cup:
Interesting, Iran has a world ranking of 20, and Egypt 29. We should feel quietly confident of our chances
probably wont underestimate us now though, thought Egypt would have been above them myself, but i dont following rankings too closely
Me too. I thought Iran gave us too much time for the first goal, then again with the second
@Kiwiwomble said in FIFA World Cup:
@canefan give the boys a little credit, i think they fought for the tiny bit of space and time they had, coming through looking for second balls with intent
Oh yeah of course. I thought we played great. Look at the first goal, Wood's touch was amazing, Singh made a run that made the defence hesitate and allowed Wood to set up as target man in the box. The run from Just was perfect as was the finish
ive been out of the loop, was Just heralded?
felt like
- theyre going to come after wood, do use your size, hold your ground and hold the ball up
- singh, come through hot with intent you'll be the second target so make them think its you
- Just....thats where you come in
@Kiwiwomble said in FIFA World Cup:
ive been out of the loop, was Just heralded?
felt like
- theyre going to come after wood, do use your size, hold your ground and hold the ball up
- sigh, come through hot with intent you'll be the second target so make them think its you
- Just....thats where you come in
Apparently had a very good season on the wing for Motherwell