One more spot to the FIFA 2010 World Cup Finals was decided between the AFC/OFC regions. Bahrain and New Zealand played in a two legged tie with the second match taking place on Saturday, November 14, 2009. Who won the match and who advanced? Here’s a full recap of the match along with video highlights.
New Zealand beats Bahrain 1-0; advances to 2010 World Cup Finals – Video Highlights
New Zealand played a solid first leg to keep it 0-0 with the second leg going back home. Rory Fallon would score in the 45th minute to give the home side a 1-0 lead. The goal came from a header off a corner kick and New Zealand was well on their way to advancing to South Africa. They would need to hold onto their lead for another 45 minutes.
Bahrain had some good chances in the second half and almost tied it when they had a penalty kick. Fortunately for New Zealand it was missed and they would hold on to book their ticket to South Africa. It was a disappointing result for Bahrain.
New Zealand Bahrain
- 1 Mark PASTON (GK)
- 3 Tony LOCHHEAD
- 4 Ben SIGMUND
- 5 Ivan VICELICH
- 6 Ryan NELSEN (C)
- 8 Tim BROWN
(-90′ ) - 9 Shane SMELTZ
- 10 Chris KILLEN (-83′ )
- 11 Leo BERTOS
- 12 Michael McGLINCHEY (-64′ )
- 14 Rory FALLON
- (GK) Sayed JAFFER 1
- Abdulla FATADI 4
- (-85′)
Mohammed HUBAIL 5 - Jaycee OKWUNWANNE 6
- (-79′) Sayed JALAL 7
- (C) Mohamed SALMEEN 10
- (-73′) Fouzi AAISH 12
- Salman ISA 14
- Abdulla OMAR 15
- Sayed MOHAMED 16
- Hussain BABA 17
- 2 Aaron SCOTT
- 7 Simon ELLIOTT
- 13 Chris WOOD
(+83′) - 15 Dave MULLIGAN
- 16 Andy BOYENS (+90′)
- 17 Andy BARRON (+64′)
- 18 James BANNATYNE
- Husain MOHAMMED 2
- (+85′)
Ahmed HASSAN TALEB 3 - Husain MAKKI 8
- Husain AHMED 9
- (+73′) Ismaeel LATIF 11
- (+79′) Mahmood ABDULRAHMAN 13
- Abbas KHAMIS 18
- Referee: Jorge LARRIONDA (URU)
- Assistant Referee 1: Pablo FANDINO (URU)
- Assistant Referee 2: Mauricio ESPINOSA (URU)
- Fourth official: Roberto SILVERA (URU)
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