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☆☆☆☆☆★★★★★May 18

New Zealand hadn’tbeen at the world cup since Spain 1982 28 years of absence and they rocked up to Rustenburg ranked 78th in the world to face a Slovakia side in their maiden world cup as an independent nation so neither team had the crowd sweating, Slovakia had Hamšik had Quality had possession and dominated the technical exchanges, New Zealand had organization and a keeper who occasionally tried to kick the ball directly to the opposition, Sestak Crossed and Reid misses his defensive header and Vittek buried it far post THEN the same man who was responsible for the goal due to a defensive error, Smeltz with an absolutely tantalizing cross into the box AND IT FINDS REID WHO HEADS IT IN CINEMA Narrative: 3.9 Tactics: 2.1 Chances: 2.3 Goals: 2 Comeback: 3.6 Drama: 4.4 3.2