Papua New Guinea are preparing to compete in the OFC U-20 Championship being held in Suva, Fiji at the end of the month.
New Zealand won’t be attending as they qualify for the FIFA U-20 World Cup in 2015 as hosts, and Papua New Guinea are one of six sides vying to join them.
New Zealand U-20: 1. Adam McDonald (GK), 3. Deklan WYNNE, 4. Cory BROWN (c), 6. Andre DE JONG, 8. Alex PALEZEVIC, 13. Tamupiwa DIMAIRO, 14. Scott MIDGLEY, 17. Clayton LEWIS, 19. Andrew BLAKE, 20. Thomas PROBERT, 21.Tomislav TRBUHOVIC
Substitutes: 2. Brock MESSENGER, 5. Adam MITCHELL, 7. Alex RUFER, 9. Finn COCHRANE, 11. Joel STEVENS, 12. Cameron HOGG (GK), 15. Daniel BOWKETT, 16. Elijah NEBLETT, 18. Monty PATTERSON,
Coach: Darren BAZELEY
Papua New Guinea U-20: 1. Gibson JIMMY (GK), 3. Jonel KAMBUAL, 4. Joshua TALAU, 6. Isaac LALO, 7. Steven INIA, 8. Danny KEVIN, 9. Nigel MALAGIAN, 11. Abel REDENUT, 16. Papalau AWELE, 17. Roger SAKING, 18. Peter DABINYABA,
Substitutes: 2. Abel REDENUT, 5. Bob MAYA, 10. Randall BONGI, 12. Nicky BENJAMIN, 13. Jonel KAMBUAL, 14. Freddy TUPANE, 12. Nicky BENJAMIN, 13. Jonel KAMBUAL, 14. Freddy TUPANE, 19. Felix KOMOLONG, 20. Vagi KONIEL (GK)
Coach: Wynton Rufer
The final whistle sounds
90′ + 1 GOAL!! New Zealand 12-1 Papua New Guinea Nicky Benjamin is put through for PNG and one-on-one with Cameron Hogg finds the back of the net
Two minutes additional time
90′ Patterson dances into the box and shoots from close range but Jimmy denies him
88′ GOAL!! New Zealand 12-0 Papua New Guinea Monty Patterson gets on the end of a pull back from Stevens for an easy slot home
88′ PNG try their chance with a long shot but it’s an easy take for Hogg
86′ Crunching tackle by Jonel Kambual on Patterson just inside PNG’s half
85′ Stevens gets on the end of a cross but the challenge from Joshua Talau denies him the shot and leaves him clutching his ankle
84′ Delivery from Rufer goes wide to Monty Patterson who whacks his cross deep behind the goal
81′ GOAL!! New Zealand 11-0 Papua New Guinea Brock Messenger gets on the board when he heads down a well delivered corner
80′ Great save from Jimmy as Joel Stevens smashes in a shot
79′ GOAL!! New Zealand 10-0 Papua New Guinea It’s Alex Rufer this time as New Zealand hit double digits
77′ GOAL!! New Zealand 9-0 Papua New Guinea Joel Stevens taps home after an error from Jimmy allows Neblett to pass across an empty net
77′ Substitute Brock Messenger sends a cross in and Clayton Lewis with a tap in to finish but it’s disallowed for offside
75′ Close range shot from Stevens flies straight into the chest of Jimmy. Neblett is there but the ball spins out of his path
72′ Stevens advances up the left, nice turn before crossing but it’s well blocked by Felix Komolong
70′ Awele is free in front of the goal but flies his shot over the top
69′ Joel Stevens goes down in a challenge and leaves the pitch for treatment after the free kick has already been taken quickly by his teammates
67′ Alex Rufer with a great run into the box but his shot is blocked
65′ SUBSTITUTION: Change for PNG
63′ Jimmy rushes out of his box to clear with Joel Stevens heading his way
60′ Triple substitution for New Zealand but with no cards it’s impossible to tell what the changes are
59′ GOAL!! New Zealand 8-0 Papua New Guinea Elijah Neblett gets his second
56′ GOAL!! New Zealand 7-0 Papua New Guinea Andre de Jong gets his third with a tidy shot in behind the keeper
52′ Felix Komolong, a PNG substitute, makes a timely clearance in the box
48′ GOAL!! New Zealand 6-0 Papua New Guinea New Zealand add a sixth to proceedings through substitute Elijah Neblett
47′ Changes at half time, Elijah Neblett, Cameron Hogg and Finn Cochrane have come on for New Zealand
46′ New Zealand get straight back into things with an advance into the PNG half
The second half gets underway
The first half comes to an end
44′ A great string of passes from PNG but the final shot is an easy collect for McDonald
42′ PNG concede a free kick after a challenge from Malagian on Trbuhovic, the visitors do well to deny the Junior All Whites another
41′ Blake attempts a cross but it’s blocked into touch by Saking
39′ Great delivery into the box from New Zealand but the shot is delayed giving the defence time to block
36′ Papua New Guinea in possession but their rate of completed passes isn’t looking so good
36′ Comes across to Blake who whollops the ball just missing the top corner
35′ Roger Saking blocks a shot from Clayton Lewis conceding a corner
34′ A clearance like shot from Dimairo goes well off target
33′ Peter Dabinyaba steals off the foot of Scott Midgely who does well to get back and defend
32′ Isaac Lalo tries to play through to Awele but Wynne with a timely intercept
31′ New Zealand fall foul of the offside rule once again
28′ GOAL!! New Zealand 5-0 Papua New Guinea Trbuhovic earns his hat-trick after after turning his defender and sending a tidy shot into the top corner
27′ Short pass from Thomas Probert back to keeper Adam McDonald who clears with Awele bearing down
26′ Blake receives wide, advances and sends in a cross but Jimmy gets there just ahead of Trbuhovic
23′ Papalau Awele breaks free and lashes a shot across the goal just inches wide of the far post
21′ Clayton Lewis makes an advance into the box but Kambuai heads down for Jimmy to clean up
20′ Great spin in the centre by Dimairo who continues his advance
19′ A great advance up the right flank from PNG but they’re closed down when they reach Cory Brown
19′ Blake fires in a cross which is sent for a corner by Jonel Kambual
17′ Lot of pressure from Nigel Malagian on Andre de Jong, but the Kiwi is calm and plays off
14′ GOAL!! New Zealand 4-0 Papua New Guinea Trbuhovic with his second of the afternoon after being played in by Deklan Wynne
13′ A series of headers in front of the PNG goal before Jimmy leaps and claims it
11′ In the back of the PNG net, but flag is up for offside denying a fourth for now
9′ GOAL!! New Zealand 3-0 Papua New Guinea Andre de Jong with his brace for the Kiwis almost from kick-off
8′ GOAL!! New Zealand 2-0 Papua New Guinea Andre de Jong adds the second after a pass across the face from Trbuhovic
7′ GOAL!! New Zealand 1-0 Papua New Guinea Trbuhovic opens the scoring with a tap in after a pass from Andrew Blake
7′ Inia intercepts a pass from Tamupiwa Dimairo but can’t hold on to the ball, a shot from New Zealand saved
6′ New Zealand looking for a way through, some good movement from Andrew Blake
4′ PNG again on New Zealand’s half as Steven Inia tries to nip in behind the defence
3′ New Zealand counter quickly, cross comes in from Tomislav Trbuhovic but they can’t get a touch in as keeper Gibson Jimmy comes off his line
1′ Papua New Guinea pressing early
The match kicks off