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Match Report

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

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Head to Head

Lineups

NZL · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Oliver SailG
  2. 4Nando PijnakerCD-L
  3. 15Michael BoxallCD-R
  4. 13Liberato CacaceLB
  5. 21Tim PayneRB
  6. 11Marco RojasAM
  7. 10Marko StamenicLM
  8. 6Joe BellRM
  9. 17Alex GreiveF
  10. 20Callum McCowattAM-L
  11. 14Elijah JustAM-R

CHN · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Yan JunlingG
  2. 26Wu ShaocongCD-L
  3. 3Zhu ChenjieCD-R
  4. 20Liu YangLB
  5. 5Zhang LinpengRB
  6. 7Wu LeiAM
  7. 15Wu XiLM
  8. 8Xu XinRM
  9. 14Chen PuF
  10. 4Wei ShihaoAM-L
  11. 18Hanwen DengAM-R

Timeline

  1. 33' Penalty saved! Alex Greive (New Zealand) fails to capitalise on this great opportunity, right footed shot saved in the bottom left corner.
  2. 42' Own Goal by Zhu Chenjie, China PR. New Zealand 1, China PR 0.
  3. 45' Substitution, China PR. Zhen Wei replaces Wu Shaocong.
  4. 45' Substitution, China PR. Ba Dun replaces Chen Pu.
  5. 45' Substitution, China PR. Lin Liangming replaces Wei Shihao.
  6. 54' Substitution, China PR. Sun Guowen replaces Deng Hanwen.
  7. 56' Xu Xin (China PR) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  8. 64' Substitution, New Zealand. Max Mata replaces Alex Greive.
  9. 64' Substitution, New Zealand. Clayton Lewis replaces Marco Rojas.
  10. 66' Substitution, China PR. He Chao replaces Xu Xin.
  11. 75' Substitution, New Zealand. Callan Elliot replaces Tim Payne.
  12. 75' Substitution, New Zealand. Matthew Garbett replaces Elijah Just.
  13. 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.
  14. 81' Substitution, China PR. Xie Pengfei replaces Wu Xi.
  15. 82' Substitution, New Zealand. Kyle Adams replaces Nando Pijnaker.
  16. 82' Substitution, New Zealand. Kosta Barbarouses replaces Callum McCowatt.
  17. 86' Lin Liangming (China PR) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  18. 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.

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