Norway in need of win against New Zealand

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Norway meet New Zealand as they will be hoping to get their first win of the tournament on Monday afternoon.

The Norwegians have just one win in their history of this tournament having competed in just two previous editions and opened up the group stage with a 3-1 loss against Uruguay.

Darwin Nunez gave the South Americans the lead then Francisco Ginella made it 2-0 before Christian Borchgrevink made it 2-1. Late pressure saw Norway push men forward and Brian Rodriguez got a third goal.

New Zealand were very impressive in their opening game of the tournament with a big 5-0 win over North American side, Honduras.

Ben Waine scored a brace while Sarpreet Singh and Matthew Conroy were on the scoresheet along with an own goal.

A win or draw will see the Oceania side reach the last 16 for a third consecutive tournament.

This is the first meeting at this level between the two sides.

Kickoff is at 2:30 p.m. ET. on Monday afternoon at the Stadion Miejski Widzewa Lodz. The game will be televised in Canada on TSN 5.

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