And so the world champions are held by a side which has only one full-time professional team in its domestic league, not to mention the first team to make the world cup finals with part-time players on its teamsheet since I can remember. Easily the shock of the tournament so far, unless of course North Korea can beat Portugal.
I really can't see NZ getting past Paraguay to make the last 16 either, but strange things happen in football (like Man U-Leeds in the FA Cup earlier this year), so I wouldn't rule it out completely.
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