International Friendly

New Zealand vs China, 2023 International Friendly

· International Friendly
New Zealand
  • 42': Zhu Chenjie (OG)
  • 81': Matthew Garbett
FT
2 - 1
China
  • 90'+2': Ba Dun

Garbett late strike earns New Zealand long-awaited victory

New Zealand ended a seven-game scoring drought to hand China a 2-1 defeat in Wellington on Sunday as an own goal from Zhu Chenjie and Matthew Garbet

Match Timeline

  • 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
  • 0': First Half begins.
  • 1': Foul by Xu Xin (China PR).
  • 1': Marko Stamenic (New Zealand) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 3': Callum McCowatt (New Zealand) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 3': Foul by Zhang Linpeng (China PR).
  • 4': Corner, New Zealand. Conceded by Wu Shaocong.
  • 6': Attempt missed. Joe Bell (New Zealand) left footed shot from outside the box is too high.
  • 7': Foul by Chen Pu (China PR).
  • 7': Liberato Cacace (New Zealand) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 8': Foul by Wei Shihao (China PR).
  • 8': Joe Bell (New Zealand) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 9': Attempt blocked. Alex Greive (New Zealand) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Joe Bell.
  • 11': Foul by Callum McCowatt (New Zealand).
  • 11': Xu Xin (China PR) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 14': Attempt saved. Wei Shihao (China PR) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top left corner. Assisted by Wu Lei.
  • 14': Corner, China PR. Conceded by Oliver Sail.
  • 16': Offside, New Zealand. Callum McCowatt tries a through ball, but Liberato Cacace is caught offside.
  • 17': Hand ball by Elijah Just (New Zealand).
  • 20': Attempt saved. Wu Lei (China PR) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Chen Pu with a through ball.
  • 20': Corner, China PR. Conceded by Tim Payne.
  • 21': Corner, New Zealand. Conceded by Zhang Linpeng.
  • 22': Corner, New Zealand. Conceded by Deng Hanwen.
  • 24': Attempt blocked. Elijah Just (New Zealand) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Alex Greive.
  • 24': Attempt blocked. Marko Stamenic (New Zealand) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
  • 24': Attempt blocked. Liberato Cacace (New Zealand) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Callum McCowatt.
  • 26': Attempt saved. Marko Stamenic (New Zealand) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner.
  • 28': Attempt missed. Michael Boxall (New Zealand) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Marco Rojas.
  • 29': Corner, New Zealand. Conceded by Wei Shihao.
  • 30': Attempt missed. Marko Stamenic (New Zealand) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Elijah Just with a cross following a corner.
  • 30': Foul by Wu Xi (China PR).
  • 30': Marco Rojas (New Zealand) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 31': Attempt blocked. Nando Pijnaker (New Zealand) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
  • 32': Penalty New Zealand. Elijah Just draws a foul in the penalty area.
  • 32': Penalty conceded by Wu Shaocong (China PR) after a foul in the penalty area.
  • 33': Penalty saved! Alex Greive (New Zealand) fails to capitalise on this great opportunity, right footed shot saved in the bottom left corner.
  • 34': Foul by Deng Hanwen (China PR).
  • 34': Marko Stamenic (New Zealand) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 35': Attempt missed. Marko Stamenic (New Zealand) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Marco Rojas with a headed pass.
  • 36': Corner, New Zealand. Conceded by Zhang Linpeng.
  • 37': Hand ball by Wu Lei (China PR).
  • 41': Foul by Wu Lei (China PR).
  • 41': Marko Stamenic (New Zealand) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 42': Own Goal by Zhu Chenjie, China PR. New Zealand 1, China PR 0.
  • 44': Foul by Marko Stamenic (New Zealand).
  • 44': Xu Xin (China PR) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 44': Foul by Callum McCowatt (New Zealand).
  • 44': Xu Xin (China PR) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 45'+3': First Half ends, New Zealand 1, China PR 0.
  • 45': Second Half begins New Zealand 1, China PR 0.
  • 45': Substitution, China PR. Ba Dun replaces Chen Pu.
  • 45': Substitution, China PR. Lin Liangming replaces Wei Shihao.
  • 45': Substitution, China PR. Zhen Wei replaces Wu Shaocong.
  • 47': Deng Hanwen (China PR) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 47': Foul by Liberato Cacace (New Zealand).
  • 52': Hand ball by Alex Greive (New Zealand).
  • 53': Attempt saved. Liu Yang (China PR) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top right corner.
  • 53': Corner, China PR. Conceded by Oliver Sail.
  • 53': Attempt missed. Wu Lei (China PR) right footed shot from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Liu Yang following a corner.
  • 54': Substitution, China PR. Sun Guowen replaces Deng Hanwen.
  • 56': Elijah Just (New Zealand) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 56': Foul by Xu Xin (China PR).
  • 56': Xu Xin (China PR) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 58': Attempt saved. Ba Dun (China PR) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Sun Guowen.
  • 60': Hand ball by Alex Greive (New Zealand).
  • 61': Attempt saved. Sun Guowen (China PR) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the top right corner.
  • 63': Attempt missed. Elijah Just (New Zealand) left footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Callum McCowatt.
  • 64': Substitution, New Zealand. Max Mata replaces Alex Greive.
  • 64': Substitution, New Zealand. Clayton Lewis replaces Marco Rojas.
  • 66': Substitution, China PR. He Chao replaces Xu Xin.
  • 67': Attempt blocked. Max Mata (New Zealand) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Clayton Lewis.
  • 67': Corner, New Zealand. Conceded by Zhu Chenjie.
  • 67': Attempt blocked. Callum McCowatt (New Zealand) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Clayton Lewis with a cross.
  • 72': Attempt blocked. Callum McCowatt (New Zealand) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
  • 75': Substitution, New Zealand. Callan Elliot replaces Tim Payne.
  • 75': Substitution, New Zealand. Matthew Garbett replaces Elijah Just.
  • 77': Foul by Marko Stamenic (New Zealand).
  • 77': Zhang Linpeng (China PR) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 81': Goal! New Zealand 2, China PR 0. Matthew Garbett (New Zealand) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Joe Bell.
  • 81': Substitution, China PR. Xie Pengfei replaces Wu Xi.
  • 82': Substitution, New Zealand. Kyle Adams replaces Nando Pijnaker.
  • 82': Substitution, New Zealand. Kosta Barbarouses replaces Callum McCowatt.
  • 82': Foul by Xie Pengfei (China PR).
  • 82': Marko Stamenic (New Zealand) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 83': Attempt saved. Matthew Garbett (New Zealand) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top left corner. Assisted by Joe Bell.
  • 84': Foul by Sun Guowen (China PR).
  • 84': Liberato Cacace (New Zealand) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 85': Callan Elliot (New Zealand) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 85': Foul by Lin Liangming (China PR).
  • 86': Foul by Lin Liangming (China PR).
  • 86': Joe Bell (New Zealand) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 86': Lin Liangming (China PR) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 87': Attempt saved. Wu Lei (China PR) left footed shot from very close range is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Ba Dun.
  • 87': Corner, China PR. Conceded by Oliver Sail.
  • 89': Corner, China PR. Conceded by Callan Elliot.
  • 89': Attempt blocked. Zhang Linpeng (China PR) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Xie Pengfei with a cross.
  • 89': Attempt missed. Liu Yang (China PR) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right following a corner.
  • 90'+2': Goal! New Zealand 2, China PR 1. Ba Dun (China PR) header from the centre of the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Sun Guowen.
  • 90'+4': Second Half ends, New Zealand 2, China PR 1.
  • 0': Match ends, New Zealand 2, China PR 1.

Game Information

Competition: International Friendly

Venue:
Location: ,
Attendance: 10,307

Line-Ups

NZL New Zealand (4-2-3-1)

No. Name
1 Oliver Sail (GK)
4 Nando Pijnaker
15 Michael Boxall
13 Liberato Cacace
21 Tim Payne
11 Marco Rojas
10 Marko Stamenic
6 Joe Bell
17 Alex Greive
20 Callum McCowatt
14 Elijah Just
New Zealand Substitutes:
Dane Ingham, Stefan Marinovic, Deklan Wynne, Clayton Lewis, Kosta Barbarouses, Kyle Adams, Matthew Garbett, Alex Paulsen, Callan Elliot, Max Mata, Alex Rufer, Cameron Howieson.

CHN China (4-2-3-1)

No. Name
1 Yan Junling (GK)
26 Wu Shaocong
3 Zhu Chenjie
20 Liu Yang
5 Zhang Linpeng
7 Wu Lei
15 Wu Xi
8 Xu Xin Yellow Card
14 Chen Pu
4 Wei Shihao
18 Hanwen Deng
China Substitutes:
Wang Dalei, Ba Dun, Xie Pengfei, Chao He, Liu Binbin, Zhang Jiaqi, Long Tan, Liu Dianzuo, Wang Shangyuan, Li Shuai, Wei Zhen, Lin Liangming, Sun Guowen, Li Ang.

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