24 Jun 2010

All Whites skipper misses training

2:52 pm on 24 June 2010

The All Whites captain Ryan Nelsen didn't train overnight as the other players prepare for their final World Cup group match against Paraguay tomorrow morning.

Although it's been reported Nelsen is ill with a stomach bug, the coach Ricki Herbert says that's not the case.

He says Nelsen will play and he's just been resting.

Herbert says win, lose or draw the team's effort and concentration will be right up there again.

The players will be wearing black tomorrow and Herberts says he's not superstitious about them not being in their usual white strip.