When it comes to world football, New Zealand and Slovakia are not the mighty powers but tomorrow’s match is important for the fans of both countries. New Zealand (All Whites) last played in World Cup in 1982 where as, it is the first time for Slovak football team. This is a match of group F and the match will take place on June 15 2010 (Tuesday).
Time
The match will start at 11:30 GMT (13:30 local time). Football fans in New Zealand can watch the match from 23:30. As per Slovakia time, the match kicks off at 13:30. In USA, the match begins at 04:30 (California time) and at 07:30 (New York time).
Live Score
You can get live score from the following link:
http://www.livescore.com/
In Group F, the other two teams are Italy and Paraguay. It should be an easy group for Italy and the other 3 teams would feel that they have some chance to go to the second round.
Most of the New Zealand players play in different clubs outside of the country as football is not that popular among the Kiwis and the country does not have a good professional domestic league. This can be a big problem for the Kiwi coach.
Captain of All Whites Ryan Nelsen is a highly experienced player. In club level, he plays for Blackburn Rovers in EPL. Chris Killen is a good striker and he can cause some problems for Slovak defense.
As for Slovakia national football team, they were a part of Czechoslovakia. So, although they never played in World Cup as a nation, they have good experience and knowledge about this event. In case you did not know, on 1 January 1993, Czechoslovakia emerged as Czech Republic and Slovakia- two separate countries. Right now, many of the players of Slovakia play in different top clubs of Europe.
Prior to World Cup 2010, in the warm up matches, Slovakia lost to Norway 0-1, held on to Cameron 1-1 and thrashed Costa Rica by 3-0.
The prediction is that Slovakia will easily win the match against New Zealand.
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