For a player who has already reached 8 goals in the Premier League (after 11 days), scoring against Samoa is almost a walk in the park. Chris Wood confirms his extraordinary moment of form and leads his New Zealand to the new huge success: 8-0, with the hat-trick of the Nottingham Forest striker embellishing the record of the All Whites.
Wood, who turns 33 in December, is in the prime of his career. There are already six goals in three matches of the second qualifying phase for the 2026 World Cup (plus one in a friendly), which therefore brings the Burnley and Leeds player’s seasonal tally to 15 in 17 total matches. Captain, leader and driving force, a second youth that Forest, splendid fifth in the English top flight, hopes will last for a long time.