The World Qualifiers - Oceania Qualifiers are all over. Among them, the New Zealand team, ranked 111th by FIFA, won a big victory in the Oceania final, and they washed the Solomon Islands 5-0 (the national team that came to the Chinese Football Association before) and won 0.5 seats. They will play a play-off against Costa Rica in North America to compete for a World Cup ticket. It can be said that New Zealand is only 1 race away from making history. It is worth reminding that New Zealand's ranking is 36 places lower than that of the national football team.
5-0 promotion! World Preliminary Round New Zealand qualified for the play-offs
The World Preliminary Round in Oceania is undoubtedly the most relaxed and simple. A team like New Zealand, ranked 111, can be invincible in Oceania, which is enough to see that the football competition here is not so fierce! Many fans joke that if the national football team participates in the World Preliminary Tournament here, it must also be the existence of the small bully level.
Back to this final between New Zealand and the Solomon Islands. In this game, I originally thought that the Solomon Islands would create some miracles, after all, they had come to the Chinese Football Association to study for a while before. But the direction of the game was a bit of a surprise. New Zealand scored two goals in the first half of the match, with Tuiloma and Wood scoring. In the second half, New Zealand scored three more goals, Zubil and Gabbette scored successive goals, and Tuyloma scored his second goal, completing the second goal, and finally helped New Zealand win 5-0 to advance!
Judging from the match data, the New Zealand team is indeed too strong, and the Solomon Islands have been suppressed all the time, and there is no room for fighting back. After New Zealand win, they will compete with Costa Rica in North America for a Ticket to the World Cup. Currently, Costa Rica is ranked 42nd, and they are undoubtedly more likely to qualify than New Zealand.
However, for the New Zealand team, they are not without the possibility of upsetting. As long as they are eager for the game, full of desire for the World Cup, there is still a glimmer of hope.
It is worth reminding that the New Zealand team ranks 36 places lower than the national football team, but they can easily qualify for the add-on, and it has to be said that the road to promotion in Oceania is too simple. The Australian team did not play the play-offs in the Oceania division, which was really self-inflicted. When they join the AFC, they will not only face competition from Asian teams, but even after winning, they will also face competition from South American teams.