" It's a super important match. It's also the last match in the preparation for the biggest football event of our lives ," New Zealand captain and defender Ali Riley said about the friendly match with Vietnam.
This match will take place on July 10. This is one of the two final friendly matches of the Vietnamese team before entering the 2023 Women's World Cup. Meanwhile, the New Zealand team will play the only match against the Vietnamese team before the opening day.
" We want to create a bond. A lot of the players in the team have not played together like Ria or Annalie Longo. I'm happy to be with them. We've known each other for a long time but for us to have a match like this to see how it feels to play ," added Ali Riley.
Captain Ali Rilry of the New Zealand women's team.
New Zealand is co-hosting the 2023 Women's World Cup with Australia. However, this team is not highly rated. They have just gone 10 consecutive matches without a win. In addition, in 2023, the New Zealand women's team has only scored 1 goal. This makes New Zealand fans quite disappointed and do not have much faith in the upcoming campaign.
" This match is also a call to New Zealand fans, a call for them to come and see us play our opening match in Auckland ," Riley stressed.
The host media considers the Vietnamese team to be an ideal opponent for New Zealand to regain its form. New Zealand is ranked 26th in the FIFA rankings, 6 places higher than Vietnam.
At the 2023 World Cup, the New Zealand women's team is in Group A with Norway, Switzerland and the Philippines. "The Ferns" face Norway in their opening match on July 20.
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