Tuesday, March 23, 2010

New Zealand-Chile to play pre-World Cup friendly

Published>Tue, Mar 23 10 02:40 PM

Wellington, March 23 (DPA) New Zealand and Chile will play a friendly behind closed doors on June 9 in South Africa as part of their preparations for the World Cup finals, New Zealand Football announced Tuesday.

The match will be played near Nelspruit, location of New Zealand's second pool match against Italy and Chile's opener against Honduras, and is likely to be played in three 30-minute periods, a statement said.

Other pre-cup friendlies scheduled are against Australia May 24 in Melbourne, Serbia on May 29 in Klagenfurt, Austria, and Slovenia June 4 in Maribor.

New Zealand Football have arranged a two-week training camp from April 28-May 10 in Auckland for New Zealand and Australian-based candidates for the final squad of 23 that will go to South Africa.


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