New Zealand U-20 4-1 Fiji U-20 Welcome to North Harbour Stadium in Auckland, New Zealand for the second U-20 international friendly between New Zealand and Fiji. Credit: OFC via Phototek The two sides met for the first time in 2014 on Sunday evening, with New Zealands Junior All Whites emerging clear victors with a 5-0 victory. Both sides have the same end game - the FIFA U-20 World Cup - but while New Zealand have automatically qualified as hosts, Fiji will have to overcome strong challenges from Solomon Islands, American Samoa, New Caledonia, Vanuatu and Fiji at the OFC U-20 Championship if they want to join the Kiwis next year. New Zealand U-20: 1. Zac SPEEDY (GK), 2. Brock MESSENGER, 3. Deklan WYNNE, 4. Cory BROWN, 5. Adam MITCHELL (c), 6. Andre DE JONG, 7. Alex RUFER, 9. Stuart HOLTHUSEN, 11. Joel STEVENS, 15. Daniel BOWKETT, 18. Monty PATTERSON Substitutes: 8. Alex PALEZEVIC, 12. Damien HIRST (GK), 14. Scott MIDGLEY, 16. Elijah NEBLETT, 17. Clayton LEWIS, 19. Andrew BLAKE, 20. Thomas PROBERT, 21. Tomislav TRBUHOVIC Coach: Darren BAZELEY Fiji U-20: 20. Misiwani NAIRUBE (GK), 2. Pranil NAIDU, 3. Samuela Nabenia, 4. Mataiasi TOMA, 7. Garish PRASAD, 8. Iosefo VEREVOU, 11. Narendra RAO, 14.Jale DRELOA (c), 17. Kolinio SIVOKI, 19. Ashnil RASU Substitutes: 1. Waisea YAMALA, 5. Samuela GAVO, 6. Josefa KOROI, 9. Setariki HUGHES, 10. Ravnit CHAND, 12. Saula MATATALO, 13. Jonetani NALULU, 16. Avneel CHAND, 18. Tevita WARANAINALU Coach: Ravinesh KUMAR The final whistle sounds 90 + 4 GOAL!!! New Zealand U-20 4-1 Fiji U-20 Substitute Tomislav Trbuhovic calmly slots home a rebound 90 + 3Fiji on attack and looking to create, plenty of pressure coming from their counterparts 90 + 1 Fiji still trying to pull one back but the Junior All Whites defence is sitting high and denying the visitors time in their half Five minutes additional time 90 An effort from Blake hits the post as the whistle sounds for offside 88 SUBSTITUTION: NZL change: Andre DE JONG off, Tomislav TRBUHOVIC on 85 GOAL!!! New Zealand U-20 3-1 Fiji U-20 Substitute Andrew Blake volleys home to extend New Zealands lead 84 Holthusen steps behind and sends straight down the middle hitting a diving Nairube in the chest and Fiji launch a counter attack 83 Holthusen goes down in the box and the referee points to the spot for a New Zealand penalty 81 Block from Nalulu stops Blake short but his clearance hits white shirts and Fiji are back under pressure 80 New Zealand build an attack but two men are caught offside this time 80 Nothing comes of it as its sent long of the target and its a goal kick 79 Some skipping and jumping from Nabenia sees him find his way past several defenders before he gets off a cross which is blocked for a corner 77 Long ball from Nairube and Samuela Nabenia does his best to get on the end of it, but finds himself a lone ranger in the Junior All Whites defence 75 Andre de Jong takes a shot and its spilt by Nairube but de Jong doesnt get a second chance 75 New Zealand playing out from the back, looking to break through this Fiji defence - a stray pass is picked up by Tevita Waranaivalu 72 SUBSTITUTION: NZL change: Alex RUFER off, Clayton LEWIS on / Joel STEVENS off, Elijah NEBLETT on 72 Fiji man brought down in the centre circle and free kick for the visitors 70 SUBSTITUTION: FIJ change: Mataiasi TOMA off, Tevita WARANAINALU on 69 Holthusen cuts around Samuela Nabenia, takes a shot but Nairube is there at the near post to block 68 Fiji making a lot more advances of their own in this half, though struggling to get any decent shots off 67 New Zealand advance with a great one-two effort from Holthusen and Deklan Wynne 64 SUBSTITUTION: NZL change: Goalkeeper Zac Speedy off, Damien Hirst on / Daniel Bowkett off, Alex Palezevic on. Fiji change: Ashnil Rasu off, Saula MATATALO 62 Setariki Hughes tries to play through the defence but sends too long 61 Delivery comes to Rufer who shoots but Nairube gets low to save 61 Shot from Holthusen takes a deflection and skies over for a corner 60 New Zealand trying to get a shot off but too much mucking about in the box allows Fiji to clear 57 YELLOW CARD Ashnil Rasu of Fiji is cautioned 55 YELLOW CARD Daniel Bowkett of New Zealand is cautioned 54 Rufer breaks goalward and a timely block from the Fiji defender denies him at the near post 53 Andrew Blake with a superb effor that cant have missed by much 52 Fijis Samuela Nabenia finds himself free of the defence but one-on-one with Speedy he sends it wide of the target 47 GOAL!!! New Zealand U20 2-1 Fiji U-20 Fiji manage to find the back of the net after a scramble in the New Zealand goal mouth SUSTITUTION NZL change: Monty Patterson off Andrew Blake on Second half underway Half-time whistle sounds 45 + 1 Fiji have a chance as Setariki Hughes makes a darting run into the New Zealand box but his cut back deflects off a defender to Speedy 45 Two minutes addtional time 43 SUBSTITUTION: Fiji change: Garish Prasad off, Jonetani Nalulu on 42 RED CARD A reckless tackle from Fijis Narendra Rao sees him leave the field 41 The ball is lofted into the Junior All Whites box but New Zealand are in safe hands as Zac Speedy collects 40 Praneel Naidu whips the ball off Stevens and Fiji start an attack of their own, winning a free kick just inside their opponents half 39 Rufer skips through the middle but his last touch is one too many 38 Patterson is down in New Zealands half following a knock to the face 36 Long range effort from Messenger is collected in the air by Nairube 54 Patterson in and out around two defenders but skies his effort over the bar 34 New Zealand continuing to apply pressure, switch from Stevens on the right to Deklan Wynne who shoots straight at Nairube 31 SUBSTITUTION: Fiji change: Iosefo VEREVOU off, Setariki HUGHES on 29 GOAL!!! New Zealand U-20 2-0 Fiji U-20 Patterson steps up and beats Nairube with a shot to the right 28 Great cross from Stevens, hits Patterson whos brought down by Iosefo Verevou 26 Great positioning from Holthusen who gets around his man with a simple shoulder drop but mishits his pass 23 GOAL!!! New Zealand U-20 1-0 Fiji U-20 Monty Patterson blasts over the wall and the keeper for New Zealands first of the evening 22 Andre de Jong breaks through the centre but is brought down just outside the penalty area by Jale Dreloa and its a dangerous situation for Fiji 20 Patterson plays into the box but its intercepted before Holthusen can get a foot in 19 Rao goes down after taking an accidental knock to the face and theres a brief pause for treatment 18 Corner is flashed in and looks threatening but its booted clear by the Kiwis 17 Fiji in the New Zealand corner but Narendra Rao is lost without any mates as the Junior All Whites crowd him deeper into the corner 15 Tidy touch through the defence from Rufer finds Stevens but the flag is raised 14 Well won in defence by Jale Dreola (FIJ) but he hands the ball straight back to his Kiwi counterpart and Fiji remain under pressure 13 Stevens into the box, plays off to Monty Patterson who takes a shot but its deflected making it an easy take for Nairube 12 Rufer with plenty of space in the middle tries to find Stevens near touch but sends a little long for the speedy winger 9 New Zealand free kick is lofted in but Misiwani Nairube leaps to collect 7 Alex Rufer takes a shot but it bobbles across the face of the goal and its head in hands at a missed opportunity for the Wellington Phoenix player 6 A length of the field run from Stevens who flies a cross in front of the goal but theres no takers for New Zealand 5 Chance for Fiji but the delivery is long and Brock Messenger scuttles it away for a corner 3 Great run into the Fiji box from Joel Stevens who lays it wide to Stuart Holthusen. Holthusen cuts it into the six yard from the goal line but its booted clear by a Fiji defender. 1 Fiji get the action underway The match kicks off Source : FFA
Posted on: Tue, 06 May 2014 08:52:13 +0000
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