New Zealand's hopes of reaching the Confederations Cup final four have come to an end after falling to Mexico 2-1.
This year's tournament is held between June 17 and July 2 at four stadiums in Russian Federation and they are Spartak Stadium in Moscow, St. Petersburg Stadium, Fisht Stadium in Sochi and the Kazan Arena in Kazan.
SOCHI, Russia (AP) - Mexico asserted its superiority in the second half against New Zealand to avoid a Confederations Cup embarrassment on Wednesday, coming from behind to win a fiery Group A encounter 2-1 that ended in a brawl.
"We had more opportunities and we were just winners".
"It was intense, it was competitive", New Zealand coach Anthony Hudson said after the game, which was settled by Oribe Peralta's 72nd-minute strike for Mexico. "We played against a team playing at home with a home crowd, a team that pressured us but we were better". "So I would imagine that's part of (the incident)".
Tensions erupted in the first half when Mexico coach Juan Carlos Osorio swore at the New Zealand coaching staff over an injury to Carlos Salcedo that medics later determined would rule the defender out of the rest of the tournament.
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Smith tested goalkeeper Alfredo Talavera with a firm header, but it was Wood who was causing most of the problems, and Osorio was grateful to his goalkeeper for denying the Leeds striker one-on-one after he made the most of injured defender Carlos Salcedo's misfortune, much to Osorio's fury.
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"He is here to talk about the game, full stop, not about his life and his family".
But it was Wood who finally broke the deadlock three minutes before the break when midfielder Clayton Lewis turned the ball around the corner to put him through on goal, and he finished expertly to give New Zealand a shock lead.
Oribe Peralta had his side ahead in the 72nd minute producing a first-time finish at the near post after some fine build-up play from Javier Aquino who produced a ideal cutback for the assist. "We knew this was going to be a hard game against a strong team".
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