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[Harding Jr]

I've seen the Tall Blacks do it. Would be quiet entertaining if the silverferns ripped out a haka

[Munis]

I dont think any other NZ Team does do they? Apart from Rugby and League, and I think Ive seen the odd one in Hockey.

TBH I wouldn't really miss it if the AB's/Leaguies stopped doing it as well ...

a few do it,

softball
basketball
ice hocky
rugby
league

[9saldana]

yeah boy shot all whites mean game guys too much. felt proud to be a kiwi. almost as good as the tigers smashing the p or mosen and pickens performance at the chilli bowl lol

[Kinser]

Damn good result and yes I watch the game as well, still tired and it's going to be another long night with State of Origin 2.

There was talk only a few days ago regarding the All Whites and the Haka......FIFA ruled against performing the Haka.

And actually there are a few other codes who perform the Haka either prior or after there game.

But back to the game, Winston Reid (Tainui) seems to be the man of moment and what a great result with a draw, that certainly upset the Slovakian team.....oh well bring on the world champs. Italy......and lets hope we keep let than 4 and do better then the Socceroos......who'll be guttered as, good job

[Ugmo]

Awesome result for the lads, and for those who say that they only play for money just look at Reids face after the celebration when he steps back over the hoarding and puts his shirt on, there are tears in his eyes. That's how much it means to these guys to wear that jersey!

[Blenderer]

Yea what a great goal, thought it was all over when it went past the 90 min mark.

I'm sure everyones already seen the highlights but I'll post this anyway.

[Hanzonit]

If you watch closely the goal scored from Slovakia is offside

[King James]

Never been a fan of Soccer or Football whatever its called. Its a boring game...

But always support my country in events and I gotta say the Pheonix and All Whites have done the sport proud in this nation

looking forward to more events to come

[KSR Aaza]

New Zealand did it! Their first ever point at the FIFA World Cup. Good to see they had so much support, especially from those that don't follow soccer often. Now they've gone back to work, in the hopes of pulling off a similar or better result against Italy.

Group F:
New Zealand 1 -1 Slovakia

Group G:
Ivory Coast 0 - 0 Portugal
Brazil 2 - 1 North Korea

Group H:
Honduras 0 - 1 Chile
Spain 0 - 1 Switzerland

Group A:
South Africa 0 - 3 Uruguay

Results from the last 2 days added above. Switzerland have produced upset of the tournament by beating Spain 1-0 this morning while Uruguay's win this morning over South Africa may have knocked the hosts out.

Some good match ups tonight/tomorrow morning: Argentina play South Korea while France play Mexico.

[KSR Aaza]

10 goals were scored in the three games overnight as Argentina have all but guaranteed a spot in the final 16. France's loss to Mexico just about puts them out.

Group A:
France 0 - 2 Mexico

Group B:
Argentina 4 - 1 South Korea
Greece 2 - 1 Nigeria

England play tomorrow morning against Algeria. Wonder if we'll see any Robert Green 2.0 moments or something of equal significance to further dent England's campaign or we could see them pull off a performance their supporters expect.

[KSR Aaza]

This World Cup is turning into the world cup of upsets! Germany lost to Serbia and had their star striker Klose sent off in the first half and USA went 2-0 down to Slovenia before coming back to draw it in the second half.

Group C:
Slovenia 2 - 2 USA
England 0 - 0 Algeria

Group D:
Germany 0 - 1 Serbia

This is setting up the biggest giant killing of the tournament on Monday morning: New Zealand beating Italy!

[KSR Aaza]

Results from overnight:

Group D:
Ghana 1 - 1 Australia

Group E:
Netherlands 1 - 0 Japan
Cameroon 1 - 2 Denmark

Cameroon are the first team to be knocked out the competition while Netherlands became the first team to qualify for the knockout round.



Ricki Herbert has gone with the same 11 that started against Slovakia to take on Italy tomorrow morning:

Code: Select all

                        Mark Paston

        Winston Reid    Ryan Nelson    Tommy Smith

Leo Bertos   Ivan Vicelich   Simon Elliot   Tony Lochhead

        Shane Smeltz    Rory Fallon    Chris Killen

TAB Odds:
Italy $1.16
Draw $6.50
All Whites $15.00

Coverage is on both TV1 and SS2 tomorrow morning. Tune in from 1.30am to either station with the kick-off at 2.00am (teams come out and national anthems at 10 to).

From what I've heard, Italy will be changing to a 4-4-2 formation (instead of their 4-2-3-1 that failed miserably against Paraguay) which should play into our formation quite well (with having a spare defender at the back) where they have a right winger but not so much a left winger (which will allow Bertos to come forward some more). Plus the Cannavaro vs Fallon aerial battle will have one winner as well as the Cannavaro vs Smeltz pace battle so that's how we have to exploit the Italians.

I have no idea how this game will go - I go from thinking we'll be outplayed and lose 2-0 to thinking we can snatch a 2-1 win.

All Whites!!!!!

[Falcon]

1-1 completely outplayed but got the draw amazing work

[Sasquatch]

Good to see the All Whites holding on by their fingernails though. I read about the games as i can't stand watching the Lawn Ferries

[Clive]

The all whites did very well considering they were playing a team of 12..

[KSR Aaza]

Best. NZ football result. Ever.

Who cares that the goal we scored was offside. They had to resort to swimming lessons and playacting to get a single goal. We held on against the reigning world champions that are currently ranked #5 in the world.

And De Rossi deserves to be bricked in the face.

Other results from yesterday:

Group F:
Slovakia 0 - 2 Paraguay

Group G:
Brazil 3 - 1 Ivory Coast

Brazil have become the second team to be guaranteed a spot in the final 16, joining Netherlands.

[Clive]

And De Rossi deserves to be bricked in the face.

Quote of the day!

[KSR Aaza]

[Bull]

The All whites goal wasn't offside as it came off an Italian player ...

[Crazy_asian]

Was an awesome game! Defending the World Champs for most of the game and only letting one (debatable) goal through, AWESOME!! Bring on Paraguay!

[Tyrone]

Meaaaaaaaaaaaaan game

[KSR Aaza]

The All whites goal wasn't offside as it came off an Italian player ...

When Reid flicked the ball on, Smeltz was in a offside position. You could say that Cannavaro's touch (poor as it was) was forced due to Smeltz lurking where he was.

[Bull]

He was in an offside position for sure, but it wasn't offside as like I said it came off an Italian player

If it was an offside goal it woulda been disallowed

[KSR Aaza]

The ball was headed towards Smeltz, in the offside position so at that point he is active within the play and the whistle should've been blown for the free kick. Yet both the referee and linesman didn't see Reid's flick on and Cannavaro Fed up big time, allowing Smeltz to score.

Anyway, lets put the hate back onto De Rossi who's known for his trying to go for a swim on the soccer pitch:

[1073p]

game of my life! up at 2am and could get back to sleep before work at 9 lol