The All Whites have broken their seven-game scoring drought to beat China 2-1 in the international football friendly in Wellington.<\/p>\n
After the first game in the two match series finished in a nil-all draw in Auckland, the All Whites were desperate to score.<\/p>\n
It came through an own goal from China’s Zhu Chenjie in the 43rd minute at Sky Stadium and Matthew Garbett’s late second earned the All Whites their first win in almost a year.<\/p>\n
Zhu headed Marco Rojas’ 42nd minute free kick into his own net to give New Zealand their first goal since securing a 5-0 win over the Solomon Islands in qualifying for the 2022 World Cup finals last March.<\/p>\n
The goal came after Alex Grieve had squandered the chance to put New Zealand ahead from the penalty spot eight minutes earlier, Yan Junling saving a poorly taken spot-kick following Wu Shaocong’s foul on Elijah Just.<\/p>\n
Garbett added the second in the 82nd minute when he controlled Joe Bell’s pass on his chest before slotting past Yan with a well-taken left-foot finish.<\/p>\n
The Chinese claimed a consolation two minutes into injury time as substitute Ba Dun bulletted a header into the top corner of Oli Sail’s goal.<\/p>\n
It’s the first time the All Whites have beaten China in over 30 years.<\/p>\n
– Reuters<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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