All Whites

Centre back Tommy Smith was shown a red card with half an hour to play in Auckland, but his team-mates did well to keep China out from there.

Smith’s red card in the 62nd minute. Max Mata earned his first senior national team start up front in his stead, while Callan Elliot made his debut at right wingback. Smith’s red card came just as the All Whites were beginning to reestablish themselves in the second half, leaving the All Whites a man down for the final half hour.

A second-half red card to captain Tommy Smith stifled the New Zealander's momentum at Mt Smart Stadium.

Goalless draw between New Zealand and China, this Saturday they will face each other again in another friendly match.

The last meeting between these two teams was in 2014 in a friendly match that ended in a 1-1 draw. The New Zealand National Team closed 2022 by playing two friendlies against Australia, both of which they lost. They missed out on qualifying for the World Cup in Qatar after finishing fifth in the third round of Group B with six points. He has played 10 matches with the China National Team in which he has scored two goals; He has scored four goals this season between the two teams. [New Zealand](https://www.vavel.com/en-us/soccer/2022/09/24/1124149-new-zealand-vs-australia-live-stream-how-to-watch-ontv-and-score-updates-in-friendly-game-2022.html)vs China as well as the latest information coming out of Mt. New Zealand and China will meet in a friendly match and it will be the first of two clashes between these teams this week. Stay tuned for up-to-the-minute live online coverage of the match on VAVEL. He has played 71 games for the Australian national team, scoring 35 goals. In 1 hour the match between New Zealand and China will kick off, both the preview and the minute by minute of the match can be followed here on VAVEL See you all again! The last meeting between New Zealand and China was in 2014 in a friendly match that ended in a 1-1 draw;

AUCKLAND, March 22 (Xinhua) -- China head coach Aleksandar Jankovic says his team is seeking victory when they play a pair of friendlies against New Zealand ...

This series gives us the opportunity to start the new World Cup cycle off and get our home fans excited about what is to come for this squad," said Bazeley. But he was confident that the team has a good mix of skills and talents. At this stage, the New Zealand team is an ideal opponent with their physical strength and fast pace.

Follow live coverage from Mt Smart Stadium as New Zealand host China in the first of two men's internationals.

Visitors can't capitalise on their hosts being reduced to 10 men at Mt Smart Stadium in the first of two internationals.

All Whites defender Tommy Smith didn't get to celebrate his 50th international the way he would have liked.

"Obviously the game shifts when you lose a man and we had to hang on a bit so that's football but we just need to find the back of the net." "There are aspects we can be very very happy with, some of the build-up, the pressing, the aggression, the way we kept possession for large chunks and the chances we created particularly in the first half," Sail said. "But disappointing for Tommy especially in his 50th, that's not the way we wanted his occasion to go."