“We represent 95% of footballers,” says the assistant coach of a team composed of barbers, teachers, and students at the Club World Cup.
If you want a symbol highlighting the gap between Auckland City Football Club and their competitors at the Club World Cup, you’ll find it at Kiwitea Street, their home field.
Set against the Sandringham suburb it serves, the roofs of nearby single-storey homes are visible from the lone enclosed stand, and to the north, only the unassuming clubhouse and some shrubs obstruct views of the Sky Tower’s solitary presence on the distant skyline. This surely is not the grand football venue that teams like Real Madrid and Manchester City call home.
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