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Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!
I feel so proud of my country. Like honestly proud. The match was tense and oh my god the atmosphere. I don't know what to say and it's gonna talke a while for this to sink in. I had a listen to radio sport last night after the game and people (men) were phoning in crying and expressing their pride.
As for the match itself, I think the kiwis slightly dominated although the Bahranian's did show moments of brilliance in attack. Make no mistake though, this was a match new zealand deserved to win.
We had the better of the chances in the first half with killen hitting the post and Jaffa making a save from (i think it was) Smeltz's header. We deservedly took the lead when fallon headed in from a beautifully stuck corner and the crowd went ballistic. Our best chance of scoring was always going to be from set piece situations. And i seriously believe our set piece play is world class material as we showed against the world champions, Italy not so long ago. It was at this point i realised that reaching south africa was a reality.
Bahrain came out firing in the second half and won a penalty when whitehead chopped the legs of one of the bahrain players. There was a deadly silence around the ground and probably accross the nation and i think there was just an air of inevetibility about it. I mean what with the failure of the Football Kingz and the Knights and the failure of NZ soccer in general over the last decade. Anyhow, once the penalty was awarded, the bahrain players were celebrating as though they'd just scored a goal. And i think it placed a lot of pressure on the penalty taker who hit the ball softly to Paston's right as paston collapsed to the floor nicely and smoothed the ball. Save! As a goalkeeper, i know it can be difficult to stop low balls close to your body and paston's reaction to drop quick when penalty's usually require full stretched saves was absolutely fantastic.
The remaining 40 minutes were intense and i couldn't keep my eyes off the tele. I had to tell my sister to shut up about ten times so that i could concentrate. We defended like heroes. I remember one of the bahrain players taking a shot just outside the area on about 70 mins and two new zeland defenders, nelson and sigmund just leapt at the ball and succesfully blocked the shot.
When the final whistle blew i just felt so proud; so patriotic and i've never felt this way before about New zealand. I mean we do well in the rugby, rowing, cricket and of course we won the league world cup but it's just not the same as soccer. Soccer has something about it that really drives the passion i dunno maybe it's just me.
My player of the match would have to be vicelich. I thought he had a very solid game at the back and supported nelson well. When a defender is having a quiet game, it mean's he's doing a good job and certainly vicelich positioned himself very well and made some crucial clearances.
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| As for the match itself, I think the kiwis slightly dominated although the Bahranian's did show moments of brilliance in attack. Make no mistake though, this was a match new zealand deserved to win. |
Agree - we were very lucky to get away with a draw in the first leg, but we fully deserved to win the second.
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| We had the better of the chances in the first half with killen hitting the post and Jaffa making a save from (i think it was) Smeltz's header. |
I cracked up every time the commentator referred to Jaffar as "Jaffa". Header was from Fallon.
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| We deservedly took the lead when fallon headed in from a beautifully stuck corner and the crowd went ballistic. Our best chance of scoring was always going to be from set piece situations. And i seriously believe our set piece play is world class material as we showed against the world champions, Italy not so long ago. |
We are indeed awesome at set pieces - it's the combination of Leo Bertos' amazing accuracy and the huge size and heading ability of our players. It's just a shame that set pieces are the only way we can score.
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| whitehead chopped the legs of one of the bahrain players |
Locchead. This isn't Stoke City.
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| There was a deadly silence around the ground and probably accross the nation and i think there was just an air of inevetibility about it. I mean what with the failure of the Football Kingz and the Knights and the failure of NZ soccer in general over the last decade. |
I got that same feeling of inevitability - I picked a 1-0 loss before the game. So glad I was wrong.
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| Anyhow, once the penalty was awarded, the bahrain players were celebrating as though they'd just scored a goal. |
Haha, dumb cunts. On another note, Bahrain's diving, especially at the start of the first half before they realised they'd actually have to play some football to win the game, really fucking annoyed me. It just makes me extra glad they lost.
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| Soccer has something about it that really drives the passion i dunno maybe it's just me. |
Not just you bro. I haven't felt this way about sport since...ever. Ever in my life.
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| My player of the match would have to be vicelich. |
Fair enough, but I'd give that particular accolade to Paston._________________  |
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