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Hay hit out at the post-match press conference, criticising the appointment of match officials from the United Arab Emirates and Qatar without European ...

A beautiful mind crunching all the player stats. If quality local sport journalism is important to you, become a Stuff supporter today. You need journalists close enough to smell the liniment. They have refereed in recent regional finals, but lack the European experience of Vinčić and his team. Wood had a penalty shout disallowed by VAR just before his overturned goal. “There were some decisions that just didn't go our way, unfortunately.

A philosophical Chris Wood and Danny Hay have offered their initial thoughts on the All Whites' defeat to Costa Rica in their World Cup qualifying match in ...

"To be honest with you, we were the dominant side. "We’ve seen some of decisions from multiple angles, and I think it’s pretty clear some of the officiating wasn’t up to standard today. "I thought their reaction was incredibly positive. I can’t fault the players, they were incredible." Dominated the game, created all the chances, just needed to find a little bit of quality in the final third," Hay said of his players. However after the referee had initially awarded the goal, VAR was brought in to check a potential foul between Garbett and his defender in the build up to the play after the two collided chasing the loose ball.

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.

By Michael Burgess in Doha New Zealand's Fifa World Cup dream is over – and this is going to hurt for quite some time. Of all the ways to lose an Fifa Inte.

Danny Hay rolled his own replacements, with Barbarouses (Garbett) and Ben Waine (Greive) just after the hour. 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. They cleverly wasted plenty of time, while the UAE referee Mohammed Abdulla Hassan Mohamed was overawed and completely out of his depth.

The match was 'more contested than expected' according to the Spanish-language media.

The publication described Costa Rica's style of football as "practical", and noted that they created few opportunities. New Zealanders on Twitter have debated furiously whether the red card was deserved. The publication noted that despite Costa Rica's numerical advantage, the team suffered greatly in the final minutes under the onslaught of New Zealand's attacks.

The All Whites have lost their qualifying match against Costa Rica 1-0, ending their hopes of a spot in the FIFA World Cup. Look back at how the match ...

By Michael Burgess in Doha New Zealand's Fifa World Cup dream is over – and this is going to hurt for quite some time. Of all the ways to lose an Fifa Inte.

Danny Hay rolled his own replacements, with Barbarouses (Garbett) and Ben Waine (Greive) just after the hour. 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. They cleverly wasted plenty of time, while the UAE referee Mohammed Abdulla Hassan Mohamed was overawed and completely out of his depth.

NZ were unlucky after a possible penalty kick, a disallowed goal and plenty of chances.

Yeltsin Tejeda attempts to clear but he ends up flicking it backwards towards Wood who slots it home from the six-yard box past Navas. It finds Alex Greive on the edge of the box but he pulls his shot just wide to the right of Keylor Navas' goal. This time it's Matt Garbett who gets on the end of it but can't keep his half-volley down as it skies wide and over the bar. Pretty average and I'm pretty disappointed to be fair." But Navas saves it well and quickly gets up to smother Wood's second attempt. VAR (video assistant referee) confirms the referee's decision.

New Zealand coach Danny Hay believes FIFA made a mistake appointing an inexperienced referee as the All Whites lose their World Cup play-off to Costa Rica.

"There was one team dominating. One team trying to play good, quality football. The 29-year-old got his foot to a cross from the left before New Zealand's defence, steering the ball past Oli Sail and into the far corner of the net. Furious All Whites coach Danny Hay believes his side were on the end of some "atrocious" officiating after New Zealand suffered a 1-0 loss to Costa Rica in their World Cup play-off. Hay's team had a disastrous start at the Ahmad bin Ali Stadium, with Campbell hitting the back of the net with the first shot of the match. It's the third qualifying campaign in a row that New Zealand has fallen at the final hurdle, after losing play-offs to Mexico and Peru in their past two World Cup cycles.

Danny Hay wasn't happy with the officials after NZ's heart-breaking loss to Costa Rica in their World Cup playoff. All Whites fail to qualify for Fifa World Cup ...

A beautiful mind crunching all the player stats. If quality local sport journalism is important to you, become a Stuff supporter today. You need journalists close enough to smell the liniment. “The world is watching. Mulligan felt the contact was “soft” and said the decision to overturn the goal was inconsistent with the referee’s decision not to award a penalty when Wood was bumped in the back earlier in the game. “The sending off was a sending off but if we go 1-1 we have the momentum to carry on and potentially win the game.

A controversial end to the All Whites' World Cup qualifying campaign. The All Whites saw a Chris Wood equaliser ruled out by the VAR towards the end of the.

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There is incredible disappointment that the All Whites have missed out on qualifying for the Fifa World Cup in Qatar later this year.

All White goalkeeper Oli Sail made one routine save in the entire game, so struggled to come to grips with what just had played out. The courageous Kiwis were now facing a monumental task to turn the tide, but seemed unfazed with what the footballing gods had thrown at them. The inexperienced referee from the UAE was persuaded to have another look at the video screen and then broke Kiwi hearts.

Coach Danny Hay didn't hold back after his side's controversial 1-0 World Cup qualification defeat by Costa Rica.

"To be honest with you, we were the dominant side. "We’ve seen some of decisions from multiple angles, and I think it’s pretty clear some of the officiating wasn’t up to standard today. "I thought their reaction was incredibly positive. I can’t fault the players, they were incredible." Dominated the game, created all the chances, just needed to find a little bit of quality in the final third," Hay said of his players. However after the referee had initially awarded the goal, VAR was brought in to check a potential foul between Garbett and his defender in the build up to the play after the two collided chasing the loose ball.