WEBVTT - Football Fever: One-on-one with Chris Wood after All Whites victory

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<v Speaker 1>Hey guys, Piney here with an extra little addition of

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<v Speaker 1>football fever for you. At chat to Chris Wood the

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<v Speaker 1>morning after New Zealand qualified for the World Cup in

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<v Speaker 1>the US, Canada and Mexico next year. Chris would of

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<v Speaker 1>course going off injured in the game against New Caledonia

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<v Speaker 1>last night, so I started by asking him about the

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<v Speaker 1>injury and how serious it might be.

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<v Speaker 2>To be fair, I can't say too much because I

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<v Speaker 2>don't know at the moment. I get it checked out

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<v Speaker 2>today and get some scans on and things like that,

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<v Speaker 2>but hopefully it's nothing too serious. Landed awkward awkwardly, I think,

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<v Speaker 2>and I've just got to deal with what comes out now.

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<v Speaker 1>So it's your hip, What part of the specific part

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<v Speaker 1>of your body is it? Yeah?

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<v Speaker 2>Hip and rib It's just one of those that just

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<v Speaker 2>felt a lot of pain and couldn't push off with

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<v Speaker 2>it through my leg and once it happens, I can't

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<v Speaker 2>run and the best thing is to get off and

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<v Speaker 2>let someone else do a job, because I'd be letting

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<v Speaker 2>the team down.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, what are the emotions of that time? Because I'm

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<v Speaker 1>sure you want to stay on right, you want to

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<v Speaker 1>guide your team to the to the World Cup. What

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<v Speaker 1>of the emotions that go through your head. Is your

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<v Speaker 1>better with that, but also with what's best for your

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<v Speaker 1>body and for the team.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, I think I think you have to think about

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<v Speaker 2>the team first. I was doing nobody in any favors.

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<v Speaker 2>I couldn't couldn't move, couldn't couldn't defend, and couldn't help

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<v Speaker 2>any info those one or two minutes that I tried

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<v Speaker 2>to stay on and things like that, I was letting

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<v Speaker 2>the side down just not being able to do what

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<v Speaker 2>we needed to do, and especially in a big game

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<v Speaker 2>where everybody had to be counted for. So, yeah, you

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<v Speaker 2>have to do the right thing. And I think Base

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<v Speaker 2>called it very early. He saw it, and I think

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<v Speaker 2>it was the right thing to do.

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<v Speaker 1>So describe how it was on the bench before the

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<v Speaker 1>first goal. You're sitting there, you can't unpack the game anymore.

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<v Speaker 1>It's still nil nil. Do you then become a bit

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<v Speaker 1>of a fan like like us and get a bit nervous? Not?

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<v Speaker 1>Not really.

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<v Speaker 2>I think the longer the games goes on, probably we've

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<v Speaker 2>got a bit more nervous. But I still had a

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<v Speaker 2>huge belief in our team. We've done well in the

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<v Speaker 2>first half. It just didn't go in for us second half.

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<v Speaker 2>We were doing well and started well and we believed

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<v Speaker 2>there was always going to be a goal. Were just

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<v Speaker 2>to make sure we weren't doing anything wrong at the

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<v Speaker 2>other end, and the defense was fantastic in that sense.

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<v Speaker 2>And yeah, and when box he put that goal, and

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<v Speaker 2>I mean when when kind of felt like here we go,

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<v Speaker 2>we're ready to kick on now. And he's been been

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<v Speaker 2>a champion of all ways for a long period of time,

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<v Speaker 2>so it's special that he was a score his first

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<v Speaker 2>goal on that big occasion.

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<v Speaker 1>If there was a sweepstake and you could pick, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>your your favorite top goal scorer, I think your eyes

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<v Speaker 1>would have passed over Michael Boxer, wouldn't they.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, potentially with us with with this history record of it,

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<v Speaker 2>but special goals, special moment, special man. So yeah, it's

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<v Speaker 2>fantastic for him, and yeah, we're very happy for him.

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<v Speaker 1>And there's a lot of talk about the young players

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<v Speaker 1>and this team and rightly so. But then you look

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<v Speaker 1>at Costa barbarusis another guy and as mid thirties he

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<v Speaker 1>comes on, you know, in unexpected circumstances he provides a goal,

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<v Speaker 1>So you know there's a there's a bit of this

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<v Speaker 1>experience thing, isn't there?

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, definitely, that's I think that's a good balance we

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<v Speaker 2>have between this team and I'm costed unfantastically while coming on,

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<v Speaker 2>especially after the heartbreaker last time and him then and

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<v Speaker 2>getting simtap and things like that. I'm sure he desperately

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<v Speaker 2>wanted to achieve something great and be a part of

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<v Speaker 2>history and do something in the right note. And he

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<v Speaker 2>done in both games, scoring in both games, and in

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<v Speaker 2>the semi final and final to put us Aside through

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<v Speaker 2>to the World Cup. It's fantastic. So he's going to

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<v Speaker 2>be very proud of himself.

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<v Speaker 1>Do things like this sinking immediately, Chris, or like, do

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<v Speaker 1>you sit here You're going to a World Cup next year?

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<v Speaker 1>Has that sunken?

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<v Speaker 2>I think it's sins In overtime you get snippets of

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<v Speaker 2>it all, and I think it's going to be just

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<v Speaker 2>continuous now until the World Cup. Got a lot to

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<v Speaker 2>look forward to. When more teams get get qualified. You

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<v Speaker 2>see your names with them and you're thinking, ah, could

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<v Speaker 2>we be drawn with them? Drawn with them? And then

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<v Speaker 2>when December comes around we find out where we're going

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<v Speaker 2>to be based and who we're going to be playing.

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<v Speaker 2>That's the true excitement.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, and regardless of who it is. I know you're

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<v Speaker 1>on record as saying we're not just going to make

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<v Speaker 1>up the numbers. We're not just the forty eighth team there.

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<v Speaker 1>You want to win matches and get out of that group, right.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, I believe, I believe we can. I have the

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<v Speaker 2>belief in this team, and the team's got more than

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<v Speaker 2>enough quality and experience to be able to do something.

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<v Speaker 2>And yeah, we want to. We want to do as

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<v Speaker 2>well as the two and tim team, but even go

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<v Speaker 2>one better. It's not gonna be easy. It's the world

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<v Speaker 2>stage and it's just one of those we have to

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<v Speaker 2>believe in and make sure. Right, that's what we've been

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<v Speaker 2>working the last two years.