Like in its other first-round games against Group D opponents Brazil and Denmark, the underdog New Zealand squad's scrap本场比赛新西兰虽然落败，但是和在D组小组赛中对阵巴西和丹麦一样，防守顽强，阻挡中国队的多次进攻。中、新两队射门次数是22∶5。