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All Whites snatch last-gasp point

A last-gasp Winston Reid header snatched New Zealand an improbable draw against a dominant Slovakia side in their Group F opener in Rustenburg.

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Line-up

1 Mark PASTON (GK) (GK) Jan MUCHA 1
3 Tony LOCHHEAD Yellow Card Martin SKRTEL 3
4 Winston REID Goal Yellow Card Marek CECH 4
5 Ivan VICELICH Out (-78' ) Radoslav ZABAVNIK 5
6 Ryan NELSEN (C) Yellow Card Zdenko STRBA 6
7 Simon ELLIOTT (-90'+1) Out Vladimir WEISS 7
9 Shane SMELTZ (-81') Out Stanislav SESTAK 9
10 Chris KILLEN Out (-72' ) (-84') Out Goal Robert VITTEK 11
11 Leo BERTOS Jan DURICA 16
14 Rory FALLON (C) Marek HAMSIK 17
19 Tommy SMITH Erik JENDRISEK 18
Substitute(s)
23 James BANNATYNE (GK) (GK) Dusan PERNIS 12
12 Glen MOSS (GK) (GK) Dusan KUCIAK 23
2 Ben SIGMUND Peter PEKARIK 2
8 Tim BROWN Jan KOZAK 8
13 Andy BARRON Marek SAPARA 10
15 Michael McGLINCHEY (+81') In Filip HOLOSKO 13
16 Aaron CLAPHAM Martin JAKUBKO 14
17 Dave MULLIGAN (+84') In Miroslav STOCH 15
18 Andy BOYENS (+90'+1) In Juraj KUCKA 19
20 Chris WOOD In (+72') Kamil KOPUNEK 20
21 Jeremy CHRISTIE In (+78') Kornel SALATA 21
22 Jeremy BROCKIE Martin PETRAS 22
Coaches
Officials
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TeamMPGFGAPts
ParaguayPAR3315
SlovakiaSVK3454
New ZealandNZL3223
ItalyITA3452
  • Winston Reid of New Zealand celebrates
  • Ricki Herbert head coach of New Zealand celebrates
  • Ricki Herbert head coach of New Zealand gives instructions
  • Radoslav Zabavnik of Slovakia reacts
  • Winston Reid of New Zealand (R) celebrates
  • Winston Reid of New Zealand (#4) scores

"Playing at a World Cup was a dream come true, but this is even better. We came to South Africa with the intention of making a difference, and we certainly did that against a highly-rated team," Ricki Herbert, New Zealand coach.

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Latest Comments:
Promethius
17/06/2010 at 11:06
Promethius (New Zealand)
Oh well, 3:0 would have been better then 4:0. I guess NZ is representing Australasia in this world cup!
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Slashzero
17/06/2010 at 04:49
Slashzero (New Zealand)
New Zealand played a hard fought match. In the end, NZ manages a draw which is still pretty good.
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pete123-AUS
17/06/2010 at 02:16
pete123-AUS (Australia)
2nd half it could be 3:0 easily for Slovakia as they controlled the match..Lucky NZ scored at the end to sleepy Slovakia..
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New ZealandNew Zealand SlovakiaSlovakia
8Shots13
3Corner kicks10
2Yellow cards1
0Second yellow card and red card0
0Red Cards0
52%Possession (%)48%

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