New Zealand U21		Costa Rica U21
532*	Tactics	442
46%	Possession	54%
33%	Play in the half	67%
18	Shots	1
3	Fouls	2
0	Yellow cards	1
0	Red cards	0
3	Offsides	1
38.4	average mark	34.1
solid	Shooting	adequate
adequate	Passing	average
average	Defending	average

4 minute.
Wellington cleverly intercepts the pass. Wellington lobs the ball high into the air. Cain plays the ball off with his head. Cain takes over possession. Cain has a fantastic effort at goal.
GOOOAAAAAAL!!!
New Zealand U21 - Costa Rica U21 1:0

7 minute.
Wright ineptly catches the ball. Cain takes over possession. Cain makes an instep pass. Lauaki takes over possession. Lauaki shoots. Brenes miraculously changed the ball`s trajectory.

12 minute.
Irving plays the ball through. Prince just manages to reach the ball first. Prince makes a sublime pass. Cain takes over possession. Cain has a fantastic effort at goal.
What a tremendous chance!

16 minute.
Irving plays the ball through. Bell ineptly catches the ball. Lauaki cleverly intercepts the pass. Lauaki takes a swing and hits it... Brenes hopelessly throws himself behind the ball.
GOOOAAAAAAL!!!
New Zealand U21 - Costa Rica U21 2:0

18 minute.
Anchieta makes a sublime pass. Irving approaches the free-kick. He attempts a short pass. Cain gets his head on it. Here comes Bell, having a little trouble catching the ball. Lauaki approaches the ball. Lauaki takes a swing and hits it...
What a tremendous chance!

19 minute.
Witteveen takes over possession. Witteveen plays the ball through. Lauaki takes over possession. Lauaki shoots. Bell tries to trap the ball.
Missed by few inches.

28 minute.
Witteveen centers. Cain takes over possession. Rivas fouls. Rivas is cautioned.

34 minute.
Wright plays the ball off with his head. Núñez tries to trap the ball with his chest. Cain just manages to reach the ball first. Cain passes, it`s a high ball. Lauaki makes a diving header.
It was close.

40 minute.
Prince approaches the ball. Prince lobs the ball high into the air. Núñez tries to trap the ball. Cain just manages to reach the ball first. Cain takes a swing and hits it...
It was close.

45 minute.
Arias takes over possession. Witteveen trips an opponent. That`s a foul! The harmed player, Arias, quickly gets on his feet. He looks OK! Bryson comes on to the pitch.

The teams leave the pitch at the end of the half. The fans applaud great play from both sides.
The statistics of play in the half: New Zealand U21 28%, Costa Rica U21 72%.
New Zealand U21 - Costa Rica U21 2:0

51 minute.
Irving wins the ball from behind. Irving lobs the ball high into the air. Wright has problems with catching the ball. Cain approaches the ball. Cain has a fantastic effort at goal.
It was close.

54 minute.
Lauaki just manages to reach the ball first. Bell takes over possession. Lauaki wins the ball from behind. Lauaki has a fantastic effort at goal.
GOOOAAAAAAL!!!
New Zealand U21 - Costa Rica U21 3:0

55 minute.
Lauaki just manages to reach the ball first. Irving approaches the ball. Irving passes the ball on the spur of the moment. Cain takes over possession. Cain takes a swing and hits it... Post! Bell ineptly catches the ball. Lauaki takes over possession. Lauaki has a fantastic effort at goal. Bell wins the ball from behind.
Missed by few inches.

62 minute.
Lauaki just manages to reach the ball first. Bell just manages to reach the ball first. Lauaki wins the ball from behind. Lauaki shoots. Brenes hopelessly throws himself behind the ball.
GOOOAAAAAAL!!!
New Zealand U21 - Costa Rica U21 4:0

63 minute.
Darney comes on to the pitch. Hawksbey comes on to the pitch. Bracken comes on to the pitch.

75 minute.
The ball is kicked out of play. Mika comes on to the pitch.

81 minute.
Anchieta approaches the ball. Anchieta makes a one-touch pass. Lonnis makes a sublime pass. Anchieta takes over possession. Anchieta passes, it`s a high ball. Muller tries to get hold of the ball but it slips out of his hands.

The teams leave the pitch at the end of the half. The fans applaud great play from both sides.
The statistics of play in the half: New Zealand U21 38%, Costa Rica U21 62%.
New Zealand U21 - Costa Rica U21 4:0