Wood stars as All Whites strike Solomons for six
- New Zealand win 6-1 in OFC play-off initial leg
- Captain and star striker Chris Wood hits a hat-trick
- Return leg will take place in Honiara on 5 September
New Zealand have taken a outrageous step towards subordinate for an intercontinental FIFA World Cupâ„¢ play-off with a resounding 6-1 win over Solomon Islands.
The victory, in that All Whites captain Chris Wood scored a hat-trick, leaves a Solomons with a clearly unfit assign forward of a second leg of this OFC play-off on Tuesday. The leader of a tie will go on to accommodate a fifth-placed group in a South American section for a place during Russia 2018.
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New Zealand 6-1 Solomon Islands
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New Zealand had eked out a slight 1-0 win when these sides met on World Cup subordinate avocation final year yet today’s confront was biased throughout, with Anthony Hudson’s side a category apart.
Wood led a assign with a first-half prop to put a Kiwis in command, and Kosta Barbarouses done it 3-0 during half-time with a excellent run and absolute shot.
Only Phillip Mango in a Solomons idea had prevented New Zealand opening adult a wider advantage during this theatre yet a visitors quickly glimpsed some wish when Henry Fa’arodo pulled one behind from a mark after a tainted on Benji Totori.
That, though, was a vigilance for New Zealand to pierce adult another rigging and they immediately strike behind by Ryan Thomas.
A excellent win was afterwards dull off by a span of glorious late free-kicks, a initial from Michael McGlinchey and a second from hat-trick favourite Wood.
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