AUCKLAND – The Football Ferns are aiming to shake the hangover of Monday’s history-making Peace Queen Cup win over Argentina by claiming the scalp of world number nine Canada in Suwon on Wednesday.
A confidence boosting but energy sapping 1-0 win over the South American champions – their first outside Oceania since 1993 – kept alive New Zealand’s hopes of making the Peace Queen Cup final, but with a four goal margin victory needed to overhaul the group leading Canadians, head coach John Herdman would happily take a second taste of victory.
“We’re in a tournament so we have to treat it as such, and take a run at making the final” Herdman said.
“That’s the dream goal, but the key is to get a result against a top tier nation.”
Adding extra incentive to Wednesday night’s Group A decider, is the fact that the ninth ranked Canadians offer a pointer to the three teams – Japan (world number 10), Norway (4), and USA (1) – Herdman’s side will meet in August.
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