Portugal's Cristiano Ronaldo and Mexico's Carlos Vela jump for the ball during the Confederations Cup, Group A soccer match between Portugal and Mexico, at the Kazan Arena, Russia, Sunday, June 18, 2017.
"Everyone knows it's not going to be easy but I hope the full stadium will add to the emotional aspect, be a force and help us get the result we want".
In the last four friendly matches the New Zealanders lost to Belarus and Northern Ireland 1: 0, but it is true, drawn 1: 1 with the U.S. and lost 1: 2 Mexico.
"It's not the result we wanted, we had the game nearly won", said Ronaldo, who was voted the man of the match. We played against an opponent playing at home with a home crowd, a team which pressured us, but we were better. "There is no reason to be concerned, we have to think about the next match".
"The VAR tests during this Confederations Cup are also helping us to improve the processes and fine-tune communication", Infantino acknowledged.
The Europeans could have taken all three points had the Video Assistant Referees (VAR) not controversially disallowed Nani's first-half goal for offside.
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"We beat New Zealand but we must now prepare for a big confrontation with Portugal".
Southampton full-back Cedric Soares has admitted that he is "very happy" to have scored his first Portugal goal against Mexico on Sunday.
Oribe Peralta completed Mexico's comeback in the 72nd minute, meeting Javier Quino's cutback and sweeping a shot past goalkeeper Stefan Marinovic. "Overall I am really proud and I am really disappointed, our players deserved more".
Mexico equalized less than 10 minutes later with a close-range diving header by Chicharito after Portugal defender Raphael Guerreiro failed to clear a ball crossed into the area. Portugal had to wait for what seemed an unnecessary review of a good goal scored.
The right-back gave the Seleção the lead in the 86th minute of their opening Confederations Cup group game, but Mexico levelled in injury time through a Hector Moreno header.
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