There's some interesting reading on the FIFA website, now that the draw is done.
Their take on NZ :
"New Zealand: The All Whites may have breezed through the Oceania qualifying competition but they will be regarded as the minnows of this tournament. To book their first finals appearance since 1982, they showed commendable mettle in a two-legged play-off against Bahrain, drawing 0-0 away and edging the return 1-0. A disciplined unit with a direct, physical game, New Zealand can go the distance against any side, as Italy found out when scraping a 4-3 friendly victory over the Kiwis earlier this year."
And Ryan Nelsen is one of the 'players to watch' for the pool - I guess they have to put down at least one per team 
It's still vaguely surreal to be reading all about NZ's pool...
14/11/09
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Fifa would be silly to write and say a team has no chance of winning, so they wrote that :P
I dreamt today that we beat Italy
I dreamt today that we beat Italy
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