AUCKLAND – Colin Tuaa is treating New Zealand’s 4-0 loss to South Korea on Monday night as a timely `wake-up call’ less than a week out from his side’s FIFA U-17 Men’s World Cup opener.
New Zealand were left to rue four early misses as the U-17 World Cup hosts built on a late first-half goal with three second-half strikes in Jeju.
It was not the dress-rehearsal Tuaa had hoped for ahead of New Zealand’s tricky group B opener against Brazil on Saturday (8pm NZT) but the coach at least took some comfort in the fact he has time to
turn around the sub-par performance.
Story courtesy NZF Media…