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I dont know if you follow womens football. Here is an article for the start of the Championship
Missed chances cost NZ's young Football Ferns
New Zealand's young Football Ferns were beaten but far from disgraced after losing 1-0 to Canada in the opening women's under-17 World Cup match in Auckland yesterday.
The Ferns dominated their group A opponent for long periods but could not find a way to score and eventually conceded a sucker punch goal early in the second half to Rachel Lamarre.
However, coach Paul Temple said the display gave him plenty of confidence heading into New Zealand's next group match, against Denmark back at North Harbour Stadium on Saturday.
"Right now, it's a little bit emotional because we feel we deserved something from the game," he said.
"But once we start reviewing the game properly, we'll find we played some very good football."
Temple believed a similar showing would give the Young Ferns a good chance of getting a result against Denmark.
Before a crowd of 13,123, which eclipsed a recent New Zealand-Australian netball test as the biggest attendance at a women's sporting event in this country, the result was cruel on the Ferns, who deserved to take something from the match.
New Zealand had a gilt-edged chance to break the deadlock early in the second half as Caitlin Campbell's corner was headed back by Bridgette Armstrong, but McLaughlin couldn't convert.
In all, New Zealand had 10 shots at goal in the second half and they continued pressing to the end, producing two chances in injury time.
Rosie White shot wide when she put through with a great pass from Annalie Longo before Hannah Wall's lob went agonisingly over the bar.
"From the goal onwards it was pretty much one-way traffic," Temple said.
"I think we proved to everybody we can play and we're exciting to watch."
Skipper Briony Fisher said the atmosphere at North Harbour Stadium was unlike anything she had experienced before and she was hoping for a repeat on Saturday.
"It was amazing," she said. "As soon as our team got the ball the whole crowd was behind us."
Opposition coach Bryan Rosenfeld admitted that Canada were lucky to have escaped defeat given the chances New Zealand created in the second spell.
"They were definitely putting pressure on us," he said.
"To get three points, regardless of the second half, I've just got to commend my team."
He said his players had never played in front of such a big crowd before and the build-up and media attention were also new for them.
"You can see the importance of this type of event for the future of women's football because the experience they get cannot be taught."
Today, Denmark and Colombia clash in the other group A match at North Harbour Stadium, while group B kicks off with Germany playing Costa Rica and North Korea facing Ghana at Christchurch's QE II Park.
Meanwhile, stadium workers and Fifa staff have been working round the clock to get Westpac Stadium ready for tomorrow's opening group D matches between Brazil and England (noon), and Nigeria and South Korea (3pm).
Fifa has strict standards on clean stadiums and though there were few problems in Auckland, Hamilton and Christchurch, the Air NZ Cup final and the Phoenix-Roar A-League match at the weekend meant staff could not access Westpac Stadium till 10pm Sunday.
And they were not aided by the Wellington wind yesterday, with signage boards flying around the stadium as the Brazilians inspected the venue for the first time.
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Missed chances cost NZ's young Football Ferns
New Zealand's young Football Ferns were beaten but far from disgraced after losing 1-0 to Canada in the opening women's under-17 World Cup match in Auckland yesterday.
The Ferns dominated their group A opponent for long periods but could not find a way to score and eventually conceded a sucker punch goal early in the second half to Rachel Lamarre.
However, coach Paul Temple said the display gave him plenty of confidence heading into New Zealand's next group match, against Denmark back at North Harbour Stadium on Saturday.
"Right now, it's a little bit emotional because we feel we deserved something from the game," he said.
"But once we start reviewing the game properly, we'll find we played some very good football."
Temple believed a similar showing would give the Young Ferns a good chance of getting a result against Denmark.
Before a crowd of 13,123, which eclipsed a recent New Zealand-Australian netball test as the biggest attendance at a women's sporting event in this country, the result was cruel on the Ferns, who deserved to take something from the match.
New Zealand had a gilt-edged chance to break the deadlock early in the second half as Caitlin Campbell's corner was headed back by Bridgette Armstrong, but McLaughlin couldn't convert.
In all, New Zealand had 10 shots at goal in the second half and they continued pressing to the end, producing two chances in injury time.
Rosie White shot wide when she put through with a great pass from Annalie Longo before Hannah Wall's lob went agonisingly over the bar.
"From the goal onwards it was pretty much one-way traffic," Temple said.
"I think we proved to everybody we can play and we're exciting to watch."
Skipper Briony Fisher said the atmosphere at North Harbour Stadium was unlike anything she had experienced before and she was hoping for a repeat on Saturday.
"It was amazing," she said. "As soon as our team got the ball the whole crowd was behind us."
Opposition coach Bryan Rosenfeld admitted that Canada were lucky to have escaped defeat given the chances New Zealand created in the second spell.
"They were definitely putting pressure on us," he said.
"To get three points, regardless of the second half, I've just got to commend my team."
He said his players had never played in front of such a big crowd before and the build-up and media attention were also new for them.
"You can see the importance of this type of event for the future of women's football because the experience they get cannot be taught."
Today, Denmark and Colombia clash in the other group A match at North Harbour Stadium, while group B kicks off with Germany playing Costa Rica and North Korea facing Ghana at Christchurch's QE II Park.
Meanwhile, stadium workers and Fifa staff have been working round the clock to get Westpac Stadium ready for tomorrow's opening group D matches between Brazil and England (noon), and Nigeria and South Korea (3pm).
Fifa has strict standards on clean stadiums and though there were few problems in Auckland, Hamilton and Christchurch, the Air NZ Cup final and the Phoenix-Roar A-League match at the weekend meant staff could not access Westpac Stadium till 10pm Sunday.
And they were not aided by the Wellington wind yesterday, with signage boards flying around the stadium as the Brazilians inspected the venue for the first time.
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