Well Done Winston Reid (All Whites 1, Slovakia 1)

This Dilworth Old Boy was up most of the night watching the game between the All Whites and Slovakia. The last minute goal was momentous and I am sure most of New Zealand and indeed people all over the world will be talking about this game. I read that the Wall St Journal said this would be the biggest dud of the tournament. Ha!

Now there is so much to look forward to with the next match against Italy next Monday at 1:30am. Is there a possibility of us making it through to the finals? We need to remind ourselves that Slovakia topped their qualifying pool on the way to the World Cup against teams such as Poland and Czechoslovakia. So they are a good European side punching ahead their world 32 ranking.

On this evidence New Zealand are not easy beats and with an improved and more consistent performance in the next two matches we have to be a chance.

I imagine the Soccer boys at Dilworth will be buzzing today – they all now have many New Zealand heroes they can look up to and work hard to emulate. Like many Schools I expect there will be a resurgence in the sport – will be interesting to see the numbers of boys playing soccer at Dilworth last year, this year and next year.

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