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A win in Wednesday's one-off intercontinental playoff game against Costa Rica in Qatar will send the All Whites to football's showpiece event for just the third ...

"Do I feel pressure? Since then, the All Whites have failed to win intercontinental playoffs against Mexico in 2013 and Peru in 2017 - keeping the New Zealanders out of the pinnacle tournament for more than a decade. The All Whites last qualified for the world cup with a 1-0 win over Bahrain in Wellington in 2009, which propelled the All Whites to the 2010 world cup in South Africa where the New Zealanders ended the tournament unbeaten.

All Whites head coach Danny Hay has a nothing to lose mentality as his side prepare to take on Costa Rica for the final World Cup qualifying spot.

He was absolutely outstanding, cometh the moment, cometh the man,” Hay says. “The games are always more fun when fans are involved. He showed that at the Olympics, particularly against Japan in the quarter final.

Mohamed controlled six Asian World Cup qualifying games over the last year and is one of half a dozen referees from the confederation to be appointed to the ...

Costa Rica finished with seven wins, four draws and three losses to finish fourth in Concacaf qualifying to advance to the intercontinental playoff. They lost to Peru 1-0 and drew 0-0 with Oman in international friendlies ahead of the Costa Rica clash. The Herald will provide live updates of the game. At the same time we can't give the referee any opportunity to blow his whistle in dangerous areas," said Hay. All you need to know: All Whites v Costa Rica All you need to know: All Whites v Costa Rica

The All Whites face Costa Rica in a winner-take-all World Cup qualifier for the World Cup finals later this year. They kick off at Ahmad Bin Ali Stadium in ...

The Herald will provide live updates of the game from 5.30am, and you can join the ACC's Watch Along live from Schapiro's Sports Bar in Auckland by clicking here. Costa Rica finished with seven wins, four draws and three losses to finish fourth in Concacaf qualifying to advance to the intercontinental playoff. They lost to Peru 1-0 and drew 0-0 with Oman in international friendlies ahead of the Costa Rica clash. In a possible group of death, all three of them would be banking on beating up a minnow for goal difference. Register with us and content you save will appear here so you can access them to read later. Your News is the place for you to save content to read later from any device.

World Cup qualifying intercontinental playoff: All Whites v Costa Rica. Where: Ahmad bin Ali Stadium, Doha, Qatar; When: Wednesday, June 15, 6am [NZ time].

A beautiful mind crunching all the player stats. If quality local sport journalism is important to you, become a Stuff supporter today. A big question that will only be answered at kickoff is the nature of Costa Rica’s approach. You need journalists close enough to smell the liniment. But they will have to pull off an upset to qualify for a third time, 40 years on from their first appearance in 1982. He then took matters into his own hands, but sent his shot straight at the goalkeeper.

Kia ora, good morning and welcome to Newshub's live coverage of the Football World Cup intercontinental qualifying match between the All Whites and Costa ...

The All Whites are aiming to get back to the Football World Cup. Photo: A win in Wednesday's one-off intercontinental playoff game against Costa Rica in Qatar ...

"Do I feel pressure? Since then, the All Whites have failed to win intercontinental playoffs against Mexico in 2013 and Peru in 2017 - keeping the New Zealanders out of the pinnacle tournament for more than a decade. The All Whites last qualified for the world cup with a 1-0 win over Bahrain in Wellington in 2009, which propelled the All Whites to the 2010 world cup in South Africa where the New Zealanders ended the tournament unbeaten.

There's every reason for Costa Rica to be confident in the World Cup qualifier but the All Whites are just as prepared to rise to the occasion.

“We’ve got a great group of players at the moment, they’re injury-free, they’re in a good space mentally, that’s why we need to seize the moment now. They’re 31 in the world playing against 101 in the world. I’m sleeping pretty well, I’m not sure their coach will be though," Hay said.

As Kiwi football fans brace themselves for an early wake up, Government workers in Costa Rica will be watching over a long lunch.

They need to be ready for it.” “More than 13,000 kilometers away there will be 11 warriors on the field to culminate a historic qualification.” The playoff match against Bahrain brought in a record crowd, but soccer’s time in the spotlight there was short-lived.

Join us as New Zealand and Costa Rica play for the final place at the 2022 Qatar World Cup.

In a late blow to the New Zealand squad, Callum McCowatt and Marco Rojas have both been ruled out of the All Whites squad due to illness. Clayton Lewis with a decent delivery but Chris Wood can't get a clean header on it. Positive response from the All Whites. Wood attempts a second but Navas smothers it. Despite have nine Costa Ricans in and around the box, the Kiwis are finding chances - they just need one to stick. Reid reads it and thumps into touch. Much better from Costa Rica. They find some space down the right wing and cross it in. Reid with another great read defuses the corner. All Whites earn a free kick, it's a great ball for Wood who creates the space, gets contact from the scrambling defender and goes down. Garbett gets the ball, fires in to a lonely Wood and he comes up with the finish. Two minutes to be added for the first half. 45min: NZL 0-1 CRC

The All Whites are facing Costa Rica in the all-important playoff in Qatar for a place in the men's World Cup. Follow live updates.

Join us as New Zealand and Costa Rica play for the final place at the 2022 Qatar World Cup.

In a late blow to the New Zealand squad, Callum McCowatt and Marco Rojas have both been ruled out of the All Whites squad due to illness. Positive response from the All Whites. Despite have nine Costa Ricans in and around the box, the Kiwis are finding chances - they just need one to stick. Much better from Costa Rica. They find some space down the right wing and cross it in. Reid with another great read defuses the corner. All Whites earn a free kick, it's a great ball for Wood who creates the space, gets contact from the scrambling defender and goes down. Garbett gets the ball, fires in to a lonely Wood and he comes up with the finish. Two minutes to be added for the first half. First chance of the second half for the All Whites and it's Wood again. Still positive signs for the Kiwis though as Costa Rica again are slowly creeping back into their defensive shell after starting this second half more centrally. It's a superb strike but it's matched by the veteran Costa Rican goalie. The crowd are starting to get into it now as the desperation starts to mount.

All Whites trail 1-0 at halftime after VAR decision to rule out an equaliser to Chris Wood for an earlier foul.

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All the action from the intercontinental playoff between the All Whites and Costa Rica. Updating... Alert. ↓. 14 minutes ago. Joel Kulasingham.

Danny Hay rolled his own replacements, with Barbarouses (Garbett) and Ben Waine (Greive) just after the hour. Smart work from Garbett created space down the left, with the ball eventually falling to Wood, who finished unerringly into the net. There were more chances, with Garbett and Tuiloma both having shots charged down, before the big flashpoint of the half. Greive probably should have equalised in the 12th minute, as he anticipated a Wood knockdown, but the St Mirren striker flashed his shot just wide of the far post. All of New Zealand's plans went out the window in the 3rd minute, with the terribly soft goal. The New Zealand support was much more modest – a few hundred from Europe, the Gulf, Australia and some hardy ones who had arrived from home.

New Zealand's Fifa World Cup dream is over - and is going to hurt for quite some time.

Danny Hay rolled his own replacements, with Barbarouses (Garbett) and Ben Waine (Greive) just after the hour. Smart work from Garbett created space down the left, with the ball eventually falling to Wood, who finished unerringly into the net. There were more chances, with Garbett and Tuiloma both having shots charged down, before the big flashpoint of the half. Greive probably should have equalised in the 12th minute, as he anticipated a Wood knockdown, but the St Mirren striker flashed his shot just wide of the far post. All of New Zealand's plans went out the window in the 3rd minute, with the terribly soft goal. The New Zealand support was much more modest – a few hundred from Europe, the Gulf, Australia and some hardy ones who had arrived from home.