About 7:45 p.m. local time Saturday, the Football Ferns were briefly evacuated from the Pullman Hotel after a fire was reported.

Source: https://www.baytoday.ca/national-sports/new-zealand-womens-world-cup-team-evacuated-due-to-hotel-fire-7312827

Always-positive Football Ferns coach Jitka Klimkova said her side were "excited to have another opportunity" to seal progression, after fluffing their lines against the Philippines.

Source: https://www.perthnow.com.au/sport/world-cup-soccer/stajcics-philippines-want-another-world-cup-boilover-c-11425467

The Football Ferns are due to face Argentina in two friendlies, on Monday at Waikato Stadium in Hamilton and Thursday at North Harbour Stadium in Auckland.

Source: https://www.channelnewsasia.com/sport/new-zealand-women-not-good-enough-loss-portugal-says-klimkova-3287911?cid=cna_flip_070214