Starting line-ups named for New Zealand’s friendly against Greece

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Striker Chris Wood and midfielder Sarpreet Singh will start for New Zealand in their international friendly against Greece in Athens.

Both have been named by head coach Darren Bazely in the starting line-up after concerns for their fitness in the lead-up to the match.

Teams

Greece

1 Odysseas Vlachodimos
2 George Baldock
4 Konstantinos Mavropanos
17 Panteleimon Hatzidiakos
21 Konstantinos Tsimikas
6 Dimitrios Kourbelis
7 Giorgos Masouras
20 Petros Mantalos
25 Giannis Konstantelias
11 Anastasios Bakasetas
19 Georgios Giakoumakis

Substitutes
12 Alexandros Paschalakis
13 Giorgos Athanasiadis
3 Georgios Tzavelas
15 Panagiotis Retsos
22 Dimitris Giannoulis
23 Konstantinos Koulierakis
26 Manolis Saliakas
5 Andreas Bouchalakis
10 Dimitrios Pelkas
16 Tasos Chatzigiovanis
18 Sotiris Alexandropoulos
24 Konstantinos Galanopoulos
8 Fotis loannidis
9 Evangelos Pavlidis
14 Taxiarchis Fountas

New Zealand

1 Michael Woud
18 Tyler Bindon
13 Liberato Cacace
2 Tim Payne
15 Tommy Smith
6 Joe Bell
7 Matthew Garbett
8 Marko Stamenic
20 Callum McCowatt
10 Sarpreet Singh
9 Chris Wood (captain)

Substitutes

3 Dalton Wilkins
4 Nando Pijnaker
5 Michael Boxall
11 Elijah Just
12 Max Crocombe
14 Joe Champness
16 Finn Surman
17 Alex Greive
19 Ben Waine
21 Max Mata
22 Alex Paulsen
23 Clayton Lewis

Officials

Referee: Luca Cibelli (Switzerland)
Assistant: Matthias Sbrissa (Switzerland)
Assistant: Jan Köbeli (Switzerland)
Fourth official: Stefanos Koymparakis (Greece)