New Zealand’s World Cup campaign ended with another draw as they held group winners Paraguay 0-0 but went out of the tournament.
New Zealand finished Group F unbeaten, having drawn with defending champions Italy and a talented Paraguay team who qualified ahead of Argentina in South America.
And another resolute performance by a nation playing at only their second World Cup – the first coming in 1982 when they lost all three matches and conceded 12 goals – will have at least given the fans back home who stayed up for the 2am kick-off New Zealand time something to cheer.