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When we heard New Zealand were playing in the Confederations Cup… and meeting the selección in their opening game, all sorts of ideas and stereotypes started forming in our heads. Sadly, we half-expected Tana Umaga to make an appearance during the match and follow this up with a pre-match haka! The New Zealanders would be in all black! There would be a kiwi on the field! It would be like a party.

Except none of that happened and Spain thrashed the living daylights out the kiwis with a hat-trick from Stable Boy Torres and goals from Fabregas and Villa. The folks on twitter were complaining about the pathetic match turn-out and we echo their sentiments. This is Spain after all!

“The truth is that it was a great boost for the team to come out and start like that,” Torres said after the game.

“I don’t think you or they are surprised by what happened on the field,” New Zealand coach Riki Herbert said. “It was always going to be tough for us, but we still have two big matches left.”

Just for the record, ya’ll know Ramos the Raver would win that Tana Umaga stare hands down.

Photos : AFP