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New Zealand 2-1 China · International Friendly Games

New Zealand beat China 2-1 in the International Friendly Games. Full match statistics, the goal timeline and both lineups are below.

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Match report

New Zealand and China met in the International Friendly Games on Sunday, 26 March 2023.

Goalscorers

New Zealand: C. Zhu 42'; M. Garbett 81'. China: D. Ba 90'.

How the match went

The referee showed 2 yellow cards (0 for New Zealand, 2 for China).

Line-ups

New Zealand started in a 4-2-3-1: Oliver Sail, Tim Payne, Michael Boxall, Nando Pijnaker, Liberato Cacace, Joe Bell, Marko Stamenić, Elijah Just, Marco Rojas, Callum McCowatt, Alex Greive.

China started in a 4-2-3-1: Yan Junling, Zhang Linpeng, Chenjie Zhu, Wu Shaocong, Yang Liu, Xin Xu, Wu Xi, Hanwen Deng, Wu Lei, Wei Shihao, Chen Pu.

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Minute by minute

  1. 42'Goal! New Zealand 1-0 China. Own goal by C. Zhu.
  2. 45'Half-time. New Zealand 1-0 China.
  3. 81'Goal! New Zealand 2-0 China. M. Garbett (New Zealand) scores, assisted by J. Bell.
  4. 90+2'Goal! New Zealand 2-1 China. D. Ba (China) scores, assisted by G. Sun.
  5. 90'Full-time. New Zealand 2-1 China.
Full commentary (21 lines)
  1. 1'Kick-off: New Zealand vs China.
  2. 42'Goal! New Zealand 1-0 China. Own goal by C. Zhu.
  3. 45'Half-time. New Zealand 1-0 China.
  4. 46'The second half is under way.
  5. 46'Substitution, China: L. Liangming comes on for W. Shihao.
  6. 46'Substitution, China: D. Ba comes on for C. Pu.
  7. 46'Substitution, China: W. Zhen comes on for W. Shaocong.
  8. 54'Substitution, China: G. Sun comes on for H. Deng.
  9. 56'Yellow card for X. Xu (China) for foul.
  10. 64'Substitution, New Zealand: C. Lewis comes on for M. Rojas.
  11. 64'Substitution, New Zealand: M. Mata comes on for A. Greive.
  12. 66'Substitution, China: C. He comes on for X. Xu.
  13. 75'Substitution, New Zealand: M. Garbett comes on for E. Just.
  14. 75'Substitution, New Zealand: C. Elliot comes on for T. Payne.
  15. 81'Goal! New Zealand 2-0 China. M. Garbett (New Zealand) scores, assisted by J. Bell.
  16. 81'Substitution, China: X. Pengfei comes on for W. Xi.
  17. 82'Substitution, New Zealand: K. Barbarouses comes on for C. McCowatt.
  18. 82'Substitution, New Zealand: K. Adams comes on for N. Pijnaker.
  19. 86'Yellow card for L. Liangming (China) for foul.
  20. 90+2'Goal! New Zealand 2-1 China. D. Ba (China) scores, assisted by G. Sun.
  21. 90'Full-time. New Zealand 2-1 China.
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