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Jack-Henry Sinclair will have to wait for his shot at professional football.

No surprises there then.

The All Whites gave everything they had, kept it tight, had much less possession, struggled to create goalscoring chances and went down fighting. As per the script.

All Whites defender Andrew Durante says the cauldron faced by the All Whites in Thursday 2-0 loss to Peru, which included lasers being shone at the players from the crowd, was one of the toughest challenges of his career.

New Zealand Football asked for intervention from the highest levels of the Peruvian government - including the Ministry of Defence - after the military jet flyover above the team hotel on Wednesday (Thursday NZT).

New Zealand's World Cup dream is over, but All Whites coach Anthony Hudson is urging the country to show pride in the team.

If missing out on the 2018 Fifa World Cup wasn't bad enough, New Zealand's loss to Peru has been further spoiled with accusations home fans shone lasers in to the eyes of All Whites' players in Lima.

We will never know just how bad Chris Wood's hamstring was.

Far across the ocean, in a country most famous for its Inca Trail, the All Whites' tortuous World Cup journey has reached its final destination.

When the All Whites' defence is discussed, the two names that roll easily off the tongue are Winston Reid and Tommy Smith.

Let me keep this brief, because the football will do a lot of the talking on Thursday afternoon.

Football doesn't often take centre stage in New Zealand. That will change for at least a few hours this afternoon as the All Whites take on Peru in Lima for a place in next year's World Cup finals in Russia.

With their intercontinental playoff delicately poised at 0-0, the All Whites meet Peru this afternoon at 3.15pm NZ time for a place at Russia 2018. We answer the key questions ahead of today's winner-takes-all clash in Lima.

All Whites defender Andrew Durante has a unique family link to Peru.

With victory over Peru on Thursday, the All Whites would claim football's imaginary version of the Ranfurly Shield.

The All Whites are just 90 minutes away from the World Cup, but so are Peru.

Radio Sport football commentator Jason Pine is in Lima for the All Whites' qualifier against Peru and gives us the lowdown on how Anthony Hudson, Winston Reid and Chris Wood and co are preparing for the All Whites' biggest match in eight years.

Tracey Hodge doesn't like to be called a 'super fan'.

Peru is on edge.

As we hurtled through the streets of Lima, our taxi driver was unequivocal.