Everything you need to know about New Zealand: Olympic history, coach, players and star – ten
Many will say it is a difficult task to overcome New Zealand, but it was also impossible Honduras When you beat Spain in London 2012? Or was it just a dream to reach fourth place in about في Olympic Games when it was done in Rio 2016?
Why Honduras Connect with hopes to advance to the next round in Tokyo 2021 You have to win yes or yes before All in white This Sunday at 2 a.m. at Ibaraki Stadium in Kashima, and to do so, he must study his opponent, who has made his debut with victory, including suffering, against South Korea 1-0 Thursday.
New Zealand He has a history in this unfavorable competition, an inexperienced coach, 13 footballers active in Europe, and a top-tier scorer. Premier League. This is the data you should know about the next competitor Honduras.
– Olympics ordeal of the kiwi –
New Zealand It’s not a football powerhouse, not even in its own geographic area, since Australia It is the most successful in Oceania, so much so that it moved to the Asian Confederation due to its superiority compared to other neighboring countries. However, both have qualified for these games as the best in their continent.
like She is the third the Olympics Which is attended by the New Zealand U-23 team, which has a history against it in the aforementioned competition, as it only participated in the Beijing 2008 and London 2012 editions, where they drew twice and four defeats against each other, scoring only two goals and receiving 12.
His best participation was in this tournament likeWhere they won the first match against the Koreans. Yes New Zealand He loses in the next two remaining rounds Honduras and RomaniaHe would have completed his best performance in a few Olympic Games in its history.
Watch: Time and transmission to watch the showdown between Honduras and New Zealand in Tokyo 2021
– Players and coach –
The head of the kiwi team is Danny Hai, who was a defender for Leeds United from 1992-2002 and coached all categories New Zealand: Sub-17, Sub-20, Sub-23 (currently) and absolute.
His career as a strategist is short. Their greatest achievement is qualifying the Oceania team for the 2015 and 2017 World Cups at the U-17 level.
Danny exist It has decided to call up 13 active players in Europe in its call for 22 footballers in Tokyo 2021, including the three reinforcements who play two in Premier League from England. that’s it summoned from New Zealand.
Defenses: Michael Boxall (Minnesota United, MLS)*, Liberato Cacace (Sint-Truidense VV), Callan Elliot (Xanthi FC), Dane Ingham (Perth Glory), Nando Pijnaker (Rio Ave, Portugal), Winston Reid (West Ham, Inglaterra) *, Tim Payne (Wellington Phoenix, New Zealand), George Stanger (Hamilton Academy)
Mid camps: Joe Bell (Viking FK), Clayton Lewis (Wellington Phoenix), Marco Stamenek (FC Copenhagen, Dinamarca), Gianni Stensis (Central Coast Mariners), Ben Old (Wellington Phoenix, NZ), Sam Sutton (Wellington Phoenix, NZ)
Attackers: Joey Champions (Newcastle Jets), Elijah Guest (FC Helsingor, Dinamarca), Calum McQuat (FC Helsingor, Dinamarca), Ben Wayne (Wellington Phoenix), Matthew Garbet (Valkenburgs, Sucia), Christopher Wood (Burnley, England)*
*Strengthen
This is how New Zealand stood against South Korea
– Chris Wood, star and captain –
top star in New Zealand is the recorder Chris WoodHe is the second captain of the first team and scored a top scorer Burnley From Premier League He scored 12 goals in the 20-21 season, twice less than before.
Wood He’s 29, he’s 1.91 meters tall and he’s a recent nine, because he’s not a permanent resident since he left to create spaces and make his team play when he doesn’t go deep into attack. In aerobics he is his specialty and he has a powerful punch; In addition, it is almost unbeatable in the struggle.
He is the player to watch for the Honduran defenders, who did not allow a shot on goal in the previous match, but due to a lack of focus, conceded the goal that made them lose the match. to defeat New Zealand, you have to be careful with Wood, who gave his team victory against Korea with your annotation.
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