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  •   Home > News > Sports >  Subscribe to NZCity's Soccer articles  Soccer
    Giancarlo Italiano remains iron-willed about Wellington Phoenix's defensive strategy despite three losses in their last four A-League matches
     7 December 2025
    Giancarlo Italiano remains iron-willed about Wellington Phoenix's defensive strategy despite three losses in their last four A-League matches
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    To a last-gasp Premier League upset..
    7 Dec: To a last-gasp Premier League upset..... more
    All Whites defender Michael Boxall feels a step closer to the Football World Cup after today's glitzy draw ceremony in Washington DC
    6 Dec: All Whites defender Michael Boxall feels a step closer to the Football World Cup after today's glitzy draw ceremony in Washington DC... more
    Malaysian football in chaos after FIFA suspends national players from Argentina, Spain and Brazil
    6 Dec: A football players' union says seven South American and European members of the Malaysian national team suspended over allegedly forged documents are "victims".... more
    Coach Giancarlo Italiano admits he's learnt his lesson when it comes to over-motivating the Phoenix players for their derby battles in football's A-League
    6 Dec: Coach Giancarlo Italiano admits he's learnt his lesson when it comes to over-motivating the Phoenix players for their derby battles in football's A-League... more
    The weight of the New Zealand derby in football's A-League has never been stronger
    6 Dec: The weight of the New Zealand derby in football's A-League has never been stronger... more
    The study has begun for the All Whites on Belgium, Iran and Egypt - just hours after being drawn against them in group G at the Football World Cup mid-next year
    6 Dec: The study has begun for the All Whites on Belgium, Iran and Egypt - just hours after being drawn against them in group G at the Football World Cup mid-next year... more
    The All Whites will open their campaign at next year's Football World Cup on June 16 - taking on Iran in Los Angeles
    6 Dec: The All Whites will open their campaign at next year's Football World Cup on June 16 - taking on Iran in Los Angeles... more
    The All Whites will face two sides inside the world's current top 20 at next year's World Cup - but have avoided the likes of world champions Argentina and European title holders Spain
    6 Dec: The All Whites will face two sides inside the world's current top 20 at next year's World Cup - but have avoided the likes of world champions Argentina and European title holders Spain... more
    Coach Darren Bazeley is relatively blasé over who joins the All Whites' 20-26 football World Cup pool
    5 Dec: Coach Darren Bazeley is relatively blasé over who joins the All Whites' 20-26 football World Cup pool... more

     Most Popular Recent Soccer News
     08 Nov: Wellington Phoenix coach Giancarlo Italiano is backing his side to handle the occasion of tonight's first A-League Kiwi derby of the season against Auckland FC in the capital ++++++++++++
     11 Nov: The injury list is growing for Auckland FC +++++++++++
     08 Nov: Auckland FC will look to avoid getting caught up in the emotion of tonight's A-League derby against the Phoenix in Wellington ++++++++++
     09 Nov: Wellington Phoenix coach Giancarlo Italiano has accepted that refining the team's much talked about defensive high line will take time +++++++++
     28 Nov: Australian Matildas coach Joe Montemurro insists forward Sam Kerr will have the final say on how much she features in the two-match series against the Football Ferns, starting tonight in Gosford +++++++++
     09 Nov: Auckland FC coach Steve Corica's voicing his disagreement with the first of two red cards they copped - despite prevailing in the opening New Zealand derby of the new season in football's A-League +++++++++
     16 Nov: A late lapse has cost the All Whites dearly in their 2-1 loss to Colombia in their international friendly in Florida ++++++++

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      28 Nov: Bazball v angeball: are they two sides of the same coin? (Sydney Morning Herald)
      28 Nov: Black friday streaming deals 2025: nov 28 (PC World)
      26 Nov: Foxtel’s afl deal cost billions. now its owner wants to pay less – and it has form (Sydney Morning Herald)
      14 Nov: Apple tv drops its paywall for major league soccer (PC World)
      14 Nov: Twenty years ago, australian soccer changed forever. but what if the socceroos had lost to uruguay? (Sydney Morning Herald)
      11 Nov: The stunning goal that prompted fans to go shirtless ... in a blizzard (Sydney Morning Herald)
      1 Nov: ‘you should play a back five’: i used chatgpt for advice on tactics, soccer coach admits (Sydney Morning Herald)
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