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Papua New Guinea: 1. Fidelma WATPORE (GK), 2. Aida GEROTA, 6. Yvonne GABONG,8. Fatima RAMA, 10. Sandra BIRUM, 11. Georgina KAIKAS, 12. Meagen GUNEMBA, 14. Kesai STEVEN, 15. Dorcas SESEVO, 16. Lucy MAINO, 21. Deslyn SINIU (C)
Substitutes: 3. Jenisa ULENGIT, 5. Carolyn OBI, 7. Nicolla NIAMAN, 9. Marie KAIPU, 13. Ramona PADIO, 17. Grace STEVEN, 18. Lace KUNEI (GK), 19. Joelyn AIMI, 20. Belinda GIADA, 22. Barbara MUTU
Injured: 4. Judith GUNEMBA,
Coach: Gary PHILIPS (AUS)

Cook Islands: 1. Marjorie TORU (GK), 4. Moeroa HARMON, 5. Tepaeru TOKA, 6. Tekura URARII, 8. Jennifer AKAVI, 9. Upokotea NOOVAO, 11. Tekura KAUKURA, 12. Elizabeth HARMON (C), 13. Marissa IROA, 17. Mii PIRI, 18. Lee MAOATE-COX
Substitutes: 2. Helena NGAUORA, 3. Josephine TUREPU, 10. Tuakana NOOVAO, 14. Maeva CARR,
Absent: 7. Elise MAMANY-GRAY,
Coach: Tuka TISAM (COK)
Match Officials
Referee: George TIME (SOL)
Assistant Referee 1: Maria TAMALELAGI (SAM)
Assistant Referee 2: Charlotte PELLETIER (NCL)
Fourth Official: Tapaita LELENGA (TGA)
FULL TIME: Papua New Guinea 2-0 Cook Islands
90’+3′ URARII with a header away from her goal mouth, the flag goes up on RAMA who is bearing down
90’+2′ MAOATE-COX sends the ball into the PNG box but WATPORE is aware and claims
90’+1′ PAIDO with a foul on CARR as they both go up for a throw in
Three minutes additional time
89′ PAIDO’s corner comes in behind the Cooks goal
88′ CARR tries to bring the ball down cleanly but slips allowing PNG to take possession
87′ WATPORE called into action as CARR sends long
85′ Timing from PIRI as she blocks the shot from KAIKAS, GUNEMBA winds up and fires but it goes wide
83′ RAMA receives out wide and manages to cut a cross in for KAIKAS but Cook Islands hold strong
80′ GUNEMBA plays around three defenders including the sturdy MAOATE-COX before unleashing at TORU who body blocks the ball away
79′ M. HARMON tracks back well to show AIMI to touch allowing URARII time to cut in
75′ URARII takes a knock to the head in a challenge with RAMA
74′ Tepaeru TOKA slides in to clear off the foot of RAMA and halt a promising advance
72′ GOAL!!! Papua New Guinea 2-0 Cook Islands Fatima RAMA fires in from the far post
71′ SUB PNG Aida GEROTA is replaced by Joelyn AIMI
71′ Lobbed upfield by Cook Islands to buy them some time
68′ Long throw from AKAVI is headed away from the PNG goal by GABONG
66′ A long range effort from SINIU curls away from goal
65′ KAIKAS flies up the left and crosses, the ball comes back to RAMA who takes another shot but it bounces just wide
62′ KAIKAS shoots, it’s a mess in the box and the ball pops out for a PNG shot which flies over the cross bar
61′ SUB PNG Sandra BIRUM is replaced by Ramona PAIDO and Lucy MAINO makes room for Carolyn OBI
59′ Long ball from MOATE-COX goes all the way back to Fidelma WATPORE in goal for PNG
58′ CARR is fouled by SESEVO but Cook Islands can’t create anything
57′ A shot just skims the Cook Islands cross bar denying another goal for the hosts
55′ KAIKAS receives and runs it up the left she fires in a shot but it’s captured by TORU
54′ SESEVO runs it up from the back, she passes forward but hits PIRI who sends it back
53′ M. HARMON tries to keep the ball in but can’t quite manage it
51′ RAMA breaks up the right but she’s offside
49′ KAIKAS receives out wide but before she can lay off to GUNEMBA, MOATE-COX has come in to close down
47′ SINUI does incredibly well to shut down TOKA’s advance after she was played in on goal by CARR
46′ Great covering from MOATE-COX allows TORU to claim
46′ Papua New Guinea with the restart but Cook Islands have turned over
HALF-TIME SUB COK Marissa IROA, who took a knock in the first half, is replaced by Maseva CARR
HALF-TIME Papua New Guinea 1-0 Cook Islands
45’+3′ Into the area from SINIU, down by MAOATE-COX and cleared by PIRI
45’+1′ Great run along the goal line from GUNEMBA but just before she unleashes a cross, she’s taken the ball completely over the line
Four minutes additional time
45′ A chance as IROA breaks up the left but she shoots directly at SINIU
43′ RAMA whips in a cross and it goes over a sliding MAOATE-COX but AKAVI is there to clear
42′ Offside flag goes up
42′ A rare miss from SINIU but she’s under no pressure as she turns to pick up
41′ GABONG switches play over to SESEVO who plays up the right flank
40′ Great running from AKAVI to close down the threat from MAINO
39′ Well out by Mii PIRI to allow Cook Islands to reset
38′ TUREPU wins off GABONG and launches a counter attack but she’s covered off by SINIU, MAINO and BIRUM
36′ Great header away from Tekura URARII but PNG have reset to press forward again
36′ L. HARMON carries the ball well in the middle, she looks wide and sends but RAMA cuts back to intercept
35′ GUNEMBA and GABONG combine well – the shot comes from the goal scorer but TORU captures
33′ SUB COK Tekura KAUKURA is replaced by Josephine TEREPU
WATER BREAK
31′ GOAL!!! Papua New Guinea 1-0 Cook Islands Meagen GUNEMBA opens up in the box, has RAMA wide but opts to shoot and fires past a diving TORU
30′ Great ball through three players from MAINO
29′ Fatima RAMA with a foul on Moeroa HARMON and MAOATE-COX is behind the ball on the half
28′ Georgina KAIKAS with a left-foot effort but she doesn’t trouble TORU who lets it run wide
27′ TORU boots long and KOTOME works hard to win off TOKA
26′ Sliding save from MAOATE-COX to deny GUNEMBA a shot
25′ GUNEMBA sees TORU off her line and shoots but pulls it wide
25′ Tekura TOKA races forward before a sliding clearance rids the ball from Cook Islands’ half
23′ Kesei KOTOME win the ball and takes off toward the Cooks’ goal
22′ SINIU with plenty of time on the ball
21′ A long throw pops over the pack but is booted back upfield by SESEVO
20′ BIRUM loses in the middle and Cook Islands break, it pops to IROA who is a bit wishful with that long range effort
18′ A shot from Papua New Guinea sends the crowd into raptures but it’s off-target
17′ Clearance from Deslyn SINIU takes a deflection and Cook Islands have the ball
16′ SESEVO has time to look up before playing on to an unmarked Sandra BIRUM
14′ Cook Islands put a mass of bodies between their goal and a free kick and it’s enough to prevent conceding
13′ Pressure from GUNEMBA forces the error from Cook Islands keeper Marjorie TORU
11′ Cook Islands deny a Papua New Guinea attack and send upfield from a goalkick
9′ Meagan GUNEMBA does a shot/cross the Dorcas SESEEVO has to collect
8′ Marissa IROA is back on the field and straight back into the mix
8′ Yvonne GABONG knocks Liz HARMON down and Cook Islands hava a free kick
6′ MAINO beats one player by can’t get past Jennifier AKAVI too
4′ Lee MAOATE-COX fires into the box from a free kick, a Cook Islands player is down clutching her face after a melee to clear
3′ Another advance up the left for MAINO
2′ Lucy MAINO wins the ball then turnsover as she tries to play middle
1′ Underway between Cook Islands and Papua New Guinea!