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hallamblue wrote:I could think of one area you could have tattooed as a dedication to your Ex lol ..... but it’s s family forum so maybe not !!

Frosty wrote:yeah, last time we were in a world cup playoff it was against Bahrain, this one seems a bit harder.

I reckon 2-0 to Peru in Wellington and then an absolute spanking at altitude in Lima.

Peru's World Cup playoff victory against New Zealand has been marred by accusations of spectators shining lasers into the eyes of All Whites players - including goalkeeper Stefan Marinovic.

Images of Marinovic and Bill Tuiloma with a green light shining on them surfaced on social media shortly after the final whistle.

Peru secured their first World Cup finals berth in over 30 years by beating the battling visitors 2-0 at Estadio Nacional through goals to Jefferson Farfan and Christian Ramos.

All Whites coach Anthony Hudson and seasoned defender Andrew Durante expressed their frustration at the Peruvians' off-field tactics to the Herald after the match.

This is the latest incident of unsportsmanlike conduct the All Whites travelling party have had to endure over the past 72 hours.

Earlier on Thursday, three military jets conducted a spectacular low flying swoop over the All Whites' team hotel in Lima - a seeming continuation of intimidation after an ear-splitting fireworks display took place outside the hotel at 3am local time.

The New Zealand team are based in the JW Marriott hotel, in one of the most upper class areas of the capital on the coast.

Durante said the Peruvians "used every trick in the book".

"We knew that they would throw everything at us and they did," Durante said.

saint jude wrote:I think of New Zealand in the World Cup and 1982 comes straight to focus. That five goal loss to Scotland (fair enough they got two back) in Malaga (if memory serves) but somewhat bizarrely unable to recall other scores from that group (Brazil, Soviet Union ?)

They did make it back in 2010 for a second appearance but no great achievement stands out from that occasion. Too bad they didn't make the list for Russia next year but look at the nations also that failed to qualify : United States, Ireland, Netherlands, Italy etc. (The latter is still hard to comprehend)

Just for good measure it's being hosted in a country unsuitable for the magnitude of such competition where traveling fans may be greatly reduced from previous tournaments. Would I like to be there ? Of course, it's the biggest soccer special on the planet, but with glaring omissions in the aforementioned countries and the decision to host it where it's at : it's going to be nowhere near the showcase of previous events.