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Iran v New Zealand: World Cup 2026 – live
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The Guardian·about 2 hours ago

Iran v New Zealand: World Cup 2026 – live

⚽️ Kick-off time: 6pm local/11am AEST/2am BST/9pm EDT
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All Whites: 1 Max Crocombe (gk); 13 Liberato Cacace, 16 Finn Surman, 5 Michael Boxall, 2 Tim Payne; 6 Joe Bell, 8 Marko Stamenić; 11 Eli Just, 10 Sarpreet Singh, 20 Callum McCowatt; 9 Chris Wood (c).

Chris Wood will lead the line and the side into their third World Cup campaign with a team expected to settle into a more defensive 4-2-3-1 formation and rely on the pace up front from Just, Singh and McCowatt.

Crocombe is named goalkeeper ahead of Alex Paulsen.

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Sources: The Guardian

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