It was their first goal in 555 minutes of Confederations Cup football before Raul Jimenez and Oribe Peralta scored second-half goals for Mexico as the Kiwis faded.
Mexico has gone and crushed New Zealand's hopes of reaching the semi-finals with their 2-1 defeat over them.
Besides Moscow's Spartak stadium, the 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup matches are being held at three other venues - Fisht in Sochi, Kazan Arena in Kazan and at St. Petersburg's Zenit Arena.
It was a shock to see the All Whites score first in this game, and it was only their third goal in four Confederations Cup competitions dating back 553 minutes of competition.
"But it's a 90-minute game and we have to have a look at what happened during the second half".
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Only a superb one-handed reflex save from Akinfeev, who made his 100th worldwide appearance, stopped Andre Silva's bullet header just after the break.
"I thought it was weird really, it was like we had elbowed the player the way it was going on", said Hudson.
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Portugal's victory, however, came at a cost as Guerreiro limped off in the second half with what manager Fernando Santos said could be a broken leg.
The match entered an extremely tensed final stage with Mexico creating the best chances, but they failed to make it count just as New Zealand were desperate to draw level.
Osorio, 56, got into a heated argument with one of New Zealand's assistant coaches after Mexico's Carlos Salcedo went down with a shoulder injury in the first-half.
Salcedo was injured in the incident and left the field on a stretcher as Osorio fumed on the touchline, with Hector Moreno - scorer of Mexico's late equaliser against Portugal last time out - brought on. "But we know that in this tournament, every team is tough".
It was fitting that Wood got the goal, as his presence was felt across the park, despite the fact he missed a few golden opportunities.
"Not one person is overawed, we are looking forward to the game".
Javier Aquino dribbled in from the left and after an exchange of passes on the edge of the New Zealand box, Jimenez spun to fire high into the net.
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