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New Zealand 0-0 China · International Friendly Games

New Zealand drew 0-0 with China 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 Thursday, 23 March 2023.

How the match went

The referee showed 3 yellow cards (1 for New Zealand, 2 for China) and 1 red card.

Line-ups

New Zealand started in a 3-4-3: Oliver Sail, Tim Payne, Tommy Smith, Nando Pijnaker, Callan Elliot, Alex Rufer, Marko Stamenić, Liberato Cacace, Kosta Barbarouses, Max Mata, Matthew Garbett.

China started in a 4-4-2: Yan Junling, Zhang Linpeng, Wei Zhen, Chenjie Zhu, Yang Liu, Binbin Liu, Xin Xu, Wu Xi, Wei Shihao, Wu Lei, Long Tan.

More from this competition: International Friendly Games fixtures, results and table.

Minute by minute

  1. 45'Half-time. New Zealand 0-0 China.
  2. 63'Red card! T. Smith (New Zealand) is sent off for professional foul last man.
  3. 90'Full-time. New Zealand 0-0 China.
Full commentary (19 lines)
  1. 1'Kick-off: New Zealand vs China.
  2. 10'Yellow card for L. Tan (China) for foul.
  3. 31'Yellow card for M. Garbett (New Zealand) for foul.
  4. 45'Half-time. New Zealand 0-0 China.
  5. 46'The second half is under way.
  6. 46'Substitution, China: C. Pu comes on for L. Tan.
  7. 51'Yellow card for Z. Linpeng (China) for foul.
  8. 56'Substitution, New Zealand: E. Just comes on for M. Garbett.
  9. 57'Substitution, New Zealand: J. Bell comes on for M. Stamenić.
  10. 63'Red card! T. Smith (New Zealand) is sent off for professional foul last man.
  11. 65'Substitution, China: H. Deng comes on for B. Liu.
  12. 66'Substitution, China: L. Liangming comes on for W. Shihao.
  13. 72'Substitution, New Zealand: C. Lewis comes on for M. Mata.
  14. 72'Substitution, New Zealand: A. Greive comes on for K. Barbarouses.
  15. 78'Substitution, China: S. Wang comes on for W. Xi.
  16. 78'Substitution, China: X. Pengfei comes on for W. Lei.
  17. 83'Substitution, New Zealand: D. Ingham comes on for C. Elliot.
  18. 83'Substitution, New Zealand: M. Boxall comes on for T. Payne.
  19. 90'Full-time. New Zealand 0-0 China.
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