International Friendly

FT Wednesday, March 22, 2023
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Match Report

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Smith sent off as New Zealand draw 0-0 with China

New Zealand held on to secure a 0-0 draw with China in a friendly in Auckland on Thursday after defender Tommy Smith was sent off.

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Head to Head

Lineups

NZL · 3-4-3

  1. 1Oliver SailG
  2. 5Tommy SmithCD
  3. 4Nando PijnakerCD-L
  4. 21Tim PayneCD-R
  5. 10Marko StamenicCM-L
  6. 16Alex RuferCM-R
  7. 13Liberato CacaceLM
  8. 2Callan ElliotRM
  9. 19Max MataF
  10. 8Matthew GarbettCF-L
  11. 7Kosta BarbarousesCF-R

CHN · 4-4-2

  1. 1Yan JunlingG
  2. 3Zhu ChenjieCD-L
  3. 17Wei ZhenCD-R
  4. 20Liu YangLB
  5. 5Zhang LinpengRB
  6. 15Wu XiCM-L
  7. 8Xu XinCM-R
  8. 4Wei ShihaoLM
  9. 21Liu BinbinRM
  10. 29Long TanCF-L
  11. 7Wu LeiCF-R

Timeline

  1. 10' Tan Long (China PR) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 31' Matthew Garbett (New Zealand) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 45' Substitution, China PR. Chen Pu replaces Tan Long.
  4. 51' Zhang Linpeng (China PR) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 56' Substitution, New Zealand. Elijah Just replaces Matthew Garbett.
  6. 57' Substitution, New Zealand. Joe Bell replaces Marko Stamenic.
  7. 63' Tommy Smith (New Zealand) is shown the red card.
  8. 65' Substitution, China PR. Deng Hanwen replaces Liu Binbin.
  9. 66' Substitution, China PR. Lin Liangming replaces Wei Shihao.
  10. 72' Substitution, New Zealand. Alex Greive replaces Kosta Barbarouses.
  11. 72' Substitution, New Zealand. Clayton Lewis replaces Max Mata.
  12. 78' Substitution, China PR. Xie Pengfei replaces Wu Lei.
  13. 78' Substitution, China PR. Wang Shangyuan replaces Wu Xi.
  14. 83' Substitution, New Zealand. Michael Boxall replaces Tim Payne.
  15. 83' Substitution, New Zealand. Dane Ingham replaces Callan Elliot.

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