Summary and highlights of Papua New Guinea 1-1 New Zealand in Qatar 2022 Qualifiers – VAVEL.com

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The referee has added three minutes of time;

Rogerson enters the field and Champness leaves.

Semmy's cross to the area is too powerful and goes over the end line;

New Zealand took the lead on the scoreboard in a play where they took a quick free kick and ended with Waine's finish.

Howieson and De Jong leave the field, in their place come Old and Waine, both making their debut with the New Zealand national team.

The Papua New Guinea goalkeeper arrived before the New Zealand center forward to snatch a clear chance;

Lewis' corner kick is headed by Champness, but the ball is cleared off the line by an opposing defender.

The players returned to the field for the second half of the game.

The first 45 minutes end with a scoreless score at the end of the game

The referee has added one minute of extra time in this first half.

Ati Kepo leaves the field because he has discomfort and can not continue, in his place enters Kolo Kepu

Dangerous free kick in favor of New Zealand by Champness, but the ball goes wide of the goal defended by Warisan.

Cam Howieson finds Andre de Jong on the edge of the area, who shoots, but the ball goes just over the goal.

A three-on-three counter-attack ended with Raymond Guenemba's shot, but the Lae City striker slipped and the ball sailed over the goal;

New Zealand players claim foul by Semmy on Kosta Barbarouses

Kosta Barbarouses came in from the right and put a good ball into the area that Andre de Jong narrowly missed.

The first card of the match goes to Lewis who arrived late and cut off Papua New Guinea's counter-attack.

The ball is rolling in Doha

The 22 players are in the tunnel, before the start of the match the national anthems will be played.

Wellinghton Phoenix goalkeeper makes debut in New Zealand jersey

At the end of this match, the other match of this group will be played between the teams of New Caledonia and Fiji.

Yesterday was played the firstIt will be the second match of the qualifying phase and the first in Group B.match of the qualifiers for Qatar 2022 of Australia Oceania where Solomon Islands won 0-2.

In 1 hour Papua New Guinea vs New Zealand begins, both the preview and the match can be followed here on VAVEL;

There will be two groups of four teams that will play a group stage in one venue and the top two of each group will qualify for the semifinals, all this will be held in a single venue, in this case in Qatar to see which team will be in the 2022 World Cup.

New Zealand has not played an official match since 2017, although it has been playing friendly matches. The last one was on January 28, 2022 where they lost 1-3 against Jordan. In 2021 the three friendly matches they played they won, against Bahrain, Gambia and Curacao. In 2017 they were on the verge of qualifying for the World Cup, but in the play-off against Peru for a place in the tournament they lost by 0-2 and that caused them to be left out.

A team that has not played matches for three years. In 2019 they played the Pacif Ganes tournament between teams from Australia and Oceania and lost in the fight for third place against Fiji. In 2017 they contested the qualification for the World Cup, but finished in last place with three points in a group where they faced Tahiti and Solomon Islands.

Five times Papua New Guinea and New Zealand have met with a balance of three wins for New Zealand, one draw and one victory for Papua New Guinea. The last time they met was in the final of the OFC Nations Cup where the match ended in a goalless draw and in the penalty shootout Papua New Guinea won the title. In 2012 they also met in the qualification for the World Cup where New Zealand won 1-2.

Papua New Guinea and New Zealand meet in the first match of the qualifiers for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar.

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