LAUTOKA – Welcome to the final round of matches on Oceania’s ‘Road to Beijing’. Match Day 5 will see minnows Cook Islands play New Zealand on a sweltering hot day in Lautoka. It is 35 degrees celsius and mostly clear skies with no hint of rain.
Stu Jacobs team need just a point to confirm top spot against a team yet to score a goal. Jacob Spoonley is out injured and is replaced by Roy Bell. Jacobs has rested Cole Peverley, Craig Henderson, Hone Fowler, Shaun Van Rooyen, Cole Tinkler and Daniel Ellensohn, all of whom are on one yellow card.
Cook Islands have restored Remi Wearing to the starting line-up in place of Abraham Jim. Tuka Tisam has been benched after a promising start to the tournament was hampered by injury.
Cook Islands will be relying on the experience and leadership of Thomas Le Mouton and Joseph Le Mouton on what promises to be a most difficult assignment for their team this afternoon.
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0′- This promises to be one of the most lop-sided matches we’ve seen so far…can Cook Islands finish on a relative high and keep this scoreline respectable?
1′- Barbarouses hits the crossbar with what appears to be a cross
2′- Cook Islands are defending in two banks of five players with no striker – well, you can’t blame Tim Jerks for that given previous results
3′- Phil Edington hoists a long ball into the box but Barbarouses is offside
6′- Sam Messam sends Barbarouses through but his shot hits the side-netting
8′- GOAL! Corner from Brockie finds Old and he scores a low shot from close range
11′- Freekick Cook Islands but it is cleared and New Zealand break fast
12′- Costa Barbarouses hits a lobbed effort wide of Remi Wearing’s right hand upright
15′- Free kick to Cook Islands after Jason Hayne fouls Grover Harmon
16′- GOAL! Jeremy Brockie heads home a ball that deflected and spun off a defender after a shot by Barbarouses
19′- SUBSTITUTION 6. Joseph LE MOUTON out, 18. Abraham JIM in – Cook Islands
Abraham Jim played in goal in the last match and will now test his abilities in the out field
21′- Jason Hayne whips a low cross into the near post but Wearing saves low to his left
24′- Aaron Scott lines up a dipping volley from 25 metres out – worth the effort, but well wide
25′- Gichin Fuhiniu lofts a ball into the New Zealand penalty area – no danger for the ‘Oly-Whites’
26′- Corner kick to New Zealand – Boxall, Old, Messam gather near the penalty spot – its over them Hayne shoots over the top
27′- Draper fires over from close range
29′- Barbarouses cuts a ball back but Adrian Shepherd side foots the ball out for a corner
30′- Cook Islands Mii Joseph heads the corner clear
31′- Boxall slips a pass in for Jason Hayne but he is offside
33′- Greg Draper heads a Brockie corner over the crossbar
35′- Barbarouses shot is saved well by Remi Wearing
36′- Shot by Michael Boxall hits the Cook Islands upright and goes out for a goal-kick
39′- Sam Messam is caught offside – this is easily the hottest day in Lautoka during this tournament
40′- Cook Islands construct a wonderful move with Grover Harmon playing in Thomas Le Mouton, then John Michael Quijano crosses, Steven Old clears to the edge of the box but Grover Harmon hits a weak shot straight at Roy Bell
41′- Paavo Mustonen spots Roy Bell off his line and shoots from nearly half way and the ball hits the roof of the net
44′- Edginton plays a good pass in behind the Cook Islands defence but its cut out for a throw in
TIME ADDED ON: 1 minute
45′- New Zealand in control of this match as Cook Islands try to apply its blanket defence approach
HALFTIME: COK 0 NZL 2
46′- SUBSTITUTION: 21. Roy BELL [gk], out 20. Liam LITTLE [rgk], in – New Zealand
46′- Scott plays a ball in for Jason Hayne whose cross is headed wide by Greg Draper
47′- Brockie cross field pass intended for Barbarouses goes out for a goal kick
48′- Sam Messam cuts back a cross it deflects off a defender and nearly wrong-foots Remi Wearing but the keeper recovers and cradles the ball gratefully
49′- Eddie Brogan takes a tumble and its a free-kick to Cook Islands
50′- Cook Islands are passing the ball better but they are going nowhere with few options up
52′- GOAL! Jason Hayne scores for New Zealand from a good ball by Aaron Scott
53′- YELLOW CARD 1. Remi WEARING – Cook Islands
53′- SUBSTITUTION 13. Joel MATHEWS out 17. Daniel ELLENSOHN in – New Zealand
55′- SUBSTITUTION 12. Branden TUREPU out 7. Davey SILA in – Cook Islands
57′- Grover Harmon is in space – he beats one player and can’t believe his luck but his shot is weak and off target
59′- Cook Islands win a free kick but the danger cleared and New Zealand break quickly
60′- GOAL! New Zealand make it 4-0…no – its been disallowed for offside
61′- Free kick to Cook Islands played wide but Steven Old intercepts and New Zealand earn a corner
62′- SUBSTITUTION 11. John Michael QUIJANO out 13. Roger MANUEL in – Cook Islands
63′- Ball finishes in the side netting and its a goal kick for Cook Islands
64′- GOAL! Sam Messam makes it 4-0 after a great cross by Jeremy Brockie
66′- New Zealand free kick by Barbarouses deflects for a corner
67′- GOAL! Corner finds Daniel Ellensohn and he makes no mistake – 5-0 to New Zealand
69′- Cook Islands have started to wilt in this oppressive heat and New Zealand earn another corner
70′- Abraham Jim is down in the penalty area injured – players from both teams take on water
73′- Boxall plays the ball into the far post but Greg Draper is stretching and the ball flies high over the bar i
74′- Wearing is beaten but Draper’s shot is cleared off the line
75′- Tremendous double save by Remi Wearing – admirable work from Wearing
75′- GOAL! Costa Barbarouses latches onto a throughball by Sam Messam and lashes an unstoppable shot past Wearing to make it 6-0
77′- Brockie is five yards out…but blasts his sho
tn straight at Wearing who saves easily
78′- SUBSTITUTION 16. Greg DRAPER out – New Zealand (no replacement player substituted in)
79′- GOAL! Jason Hayne cuts in from the left and shoots from long range and its 7-0!
80′- Roger Manuel does two step overs and lashes a shot at goal and its a corner for Cook Islands
81′- Sam Messam is away on a counter-attack but Remi Wearing saves
82′- Remi Wearing saves well with his legs for Cook Islands
83′- Davey Sila sends a long ball forward but its easy for Liam Little to gather
85′- Sam Messam goes on a run down the right and delivers a measured cross to the far post but its scurried away by Cook Islands
86′- This match is drawing to an inevitable conclusion
88′- Thomas Le Mouton is brought down by Steven Old and its a free kick on the edge of the 18 yard box
88′- Thomas Le Mouton curls it around the wall but its straight into the arms of Liam Little
89′- New Zealand attack with a Brockie header but its a good save by Remi Wearing
90′- Time added on 2 minutes
90+1′- Barbarouses shoots and Wearing saves with his foot
90+2′- GOAL! Aaron Scott scores for New Zealand
FULLTIME: COK 0 NZL 8
OFC Men’s Olympic Football Tournament
Match No. 13
Cook Islands vs New Zealand
Churchill Park
Lautoka
FIJI
Kick-off: 12H00 (Fiji Time)
COK: 1. Remi WEARING; 2. Mii JOSEPH; 3. Eddie BROGAN; 5. Adrian SHEPHERD; 8. Grover HARMON; 9. Paavo MUSTONEN; 10. Thomas LE MOUTON; 11. John Michael QUIJANO; 12. Branden TUREPU; 15. Gichin FUHINIU.
SUBS: 7. Davey SILA; 13. Roger MANUEL; 16. Ngatungane TANGIMETUA; 17. Ngatamaine SILA; 19. Tika TUSAM; 20. Abraham JIM [rgk].
COACH: Tim JERKS (AUS)
CAUTIONS:
RED CARDS:
GOALS:
NZL: 2. Aaron SCOTT; 3. Phil EDGINTON; 4. Jason HAYNE; 5. Michael BOXALL; 6. Sam MESSAM; 7. Steven OLD; 10. Jeremy BROCKIE; 13. Joel MATHEWS; 16. Greg DRAPER; 18. Costa BARBAROUSES.
SUBS: 8. Cole PEVERLEY; 9. Craig HENDERSON; 12. Hone FOWLER; 14. Shaun VAN ROOYEN; 15. Cole TINKLER; 17. Daniel ELLENSOHN; 20. Liam LITTLE [rgk].
COACH: Stu JACOBS (NZL)
SUSPENDED: 11. Dan KEAT
INJURED: 1. Jacob SPOONLEY
REFEREE: Job Ponis MINAN (PNG)
ASSISTANT REFEREE 1: Hillary ANI (PNG)
ASSISTANT REFEREE 2: Phillipe REVEL (TAH)
FOURTH OFFICIAL: Norbert HAUATA (TAH)