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All Whites claim historic first win over South American opposition

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New Zealand thrashed 10-man Chile 4-1 on Monday in Auckland in their last home match before the World Cup, their first win ever against South American opposition.

[p]Fellow World Cup qualifiers [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/cape-verde/MocyWdm7/"]Cape Verde[/a] earlier won a penalty shootout against [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/finland/QuVpPpic/"]Finland[/a] at Auckland's Eden Park, having drawn their match 1-1.[/p][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/chile/KUCG35cM/"]Chile[/a] beat Cape Verde 4-2 on Friday but started poorly against the hosts with [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/osorio-dario/bX9wQWSA/"]Dario Osorio[/a] sent off in the 27th minute after two yellow cards in quick succession.[/p][p]The All Whites capitalised straight away, [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/barbarouses-kosta/lzWhNz3t/"]Kosta Barbarouses[/a] lashing home a volley from a 31st-minute corner, before [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/just-elijah/CxtyLmOd/"]Elijah[/a] Just added a second in the 40th minute.[/p][p]It was 3-0 in the 60th minute when [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/randall-jesse/SvHX4DoT/"]Jesse Randall[/a] scored from close range, and a fourth was fired home by substitute [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/waine-ben/4bV9zVjr/"]Ben Waine[/a] in the 71st minute.[/p][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/tapia-gonzalo/bTI3m8qH/"]Gonzalo Tapia[/a] scored a consolation for Chile in the 83rd minute after a swift counterattack.[/p][embed guid="1bf1a1d9-a136-44c2-a2a8-de5da6549ea5" url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aZgHR33dCd0" social-type="youtube" /][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/new-zealand/rLctHkpU/"]New Zealand[/a] will face [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/belgium/GbB957na/"]Belgium[/a], [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/iran/xrRx85iA/"]Iran[/a] and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/egypt/bejDn7NN/"]Egypt[/a] in the group phase this summer in North America.[/p][p]Cape Verde came from a goal down to draw 1-1 with Finland, before winning the penalty shootout.[/p][p]Finland were coming off a 2-0 win over New Zealand and went into half-time with the lead, [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/skytta-naatan/jusUrXEa/"]Naatan Skytta[/a] scoring with the last kick of the half.[/p][p]Cape Verde, who will make their World Cup debut in June, struck back in the 67th minute from a corner, [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/lopes-cabral-sidny/t4c8EgYT/"]Sidny Cabral[/a] finding [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/pires-kelvin/0MWz2VvQ/"]Kelvin Pires[/a] at the far post to head home.[/p][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/rosa-marcio/UqXIHuN8/"]Marcio Rosa[/a] made two saves in the penalty shootout to secure Cape Verde the victory.[/p][p]Cape Verde play [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/spain/bLyo6mco/"]Spain[/a], [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/saudi-arabia/biSY8ox4/"]Saudi Arabia[/a] and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/uruguay/xMk44orG/"]Uruguay[/a] in their World Cup bow.[/p]

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