Proud captain Aneka Mittendorff reflects on New Zealand's history-making run PHILLIP ROLLO IN MONTEVIDEOGETTY IMAGES New Zealand captain Aneka Mittendorff said she was proud of her team for creating history in Uruguay. It was when New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern sent through a personalised good luck message that the magnitude of the team's achievements hit home to Aneka Mittendorff. I felt like it encompasses what New Zealand is like, it's such a supportive country," she said. She had just gone toe-to-toe with European champions Spain for 90 minutes and was incredibly proud to create history for her country. I'm just so proud of the girls though that we stuck it through for the whole 90."

Source: Stuff November 28, 2018 23:03 UTC