AFC U22 Championships

[Stuckey]

Football Federation Australia has named a 23-man squad to take part in the AFC U22 Championships in Oman, from 11-26 January 2014.

http://www.footballaustralia.com.au/new ... oman/81189

Australia’s matches:
Sun 12 Jan Australia v Kuwait Royal Oman Police Stadium 5pm (Midnight AEDT)
Tue 14 Jan Iran v Australia Royal Oman Police Stadium 5pm (Midnight AEDT)
Thu 16 Jan Australia v Japan Royal Oman Police Stadium 5pm (Midnight AEDT)
Mon 20 Jan Possible quarter finals
Thu 23 Jan Possible semi finals
Sat 25 Jan 3rd v 4th playoff
Sun 26 Jan Tournament Final

Australian Squad for the AFC U22 Championships in Oman, from 11-26 January 2014:
Nicholas Ansell (Melbourne Victory), Jake Barker-Daish (Adelaide United), Josh Brilliante (Newcastle jets), Corey Brown (Brisbane Roar), Reece Caira (Wellington Phoenix), Connor Chapman (Newcastle Jets), Travis Cooper (VVV Venlo, The Netherlands), James Donachie (Brisbane Roar), Jack Duncan g/k (Perth Glory), Ryan Edwards (Perth Glory), Scott Galloway (Melbourne Victory), Jason Geria (Melbourne Victory), Hagi Gligor (Sydney FC), John Hall g/k (Adelaide United), Andrew Hoole (Newcastle Jets), Chris Ikonomidis (SS Lazio, Italy), Aaron Lennox g/k (QPR, England), Jamie McLaren (Perth Glory), Connor Pain (Melbourne Victory), Peter Skapetis (QPR, England), Dylan Tombides (West Ham, England), Kwame Yeboah (Brisbane Roar) and David Vrankovic (Melbourne Heart).

Nice looking squad. Good to see most of the HAL players are ones getting decent game time here.
Very exciting to see Ikonomidis and Tombides in the squad.
Seemlying tough group for us with Iran and Japan in it.

[EdDog]

So I guess Mabil's documents didn't get sorted in time? Wasn't he supposed to be in the squad?

[Stuckey]

Sounds like it. Considering how he's been play surely he'd make the squad. Very sad situation.

[blahblah]

Korea had a surprise draw with Jordan, UAE & Syria also had a draw. North Korea beat Yemen and Oman thumped Myanmar, no surprises there.

We play tonight against Kuwait. I really hope we hammer them as the Kuwait FA was, and possibly remains, the most vocal opponent to Australia's inclusion in the AFC.

Incidentally for those who do not know we are in the toughest group with Japan, Iran & Kuwait. A preview is available here: http://www.the-afc.com/en/tournaments/m ... eview.html

[EdDog]

What time is the Aus game being played and where can we watch it?

[Stuckey]

Woohoo great start! 1-0 win against Kuwait with Ryan Kitto scoring! JBD got a entire game as well.


4 DF CONNOR CHAPMAN (C) 61* 36
5 DF COREY BROWN
7 MF STEFAN INGO MAUK
9 FW DYLAN TOMBIDES 61
13 DF SCOTT GALLOWAY
14 FW NICHOLAS ANSELL
17 MF JAKE BARKER-DAISH
18 GK JOHN HALL 82
19 MF CHRISTOPHER GLIGOR
20 MF CHRISTOPHER IKONOMIDIS 82 18
22 MF RYAN KITTO 70

3 DF AHMAD RASHED 77
5 DF FAHAD ALHAJERI 90+4
8 MF AHMAD ALDHEFIRI 85
9 FW ZABEN ALENEZI
10 MF FAISAL ALHARBI 75
11 MF SULTAN ALENEZI
13 DF ABDUALRHMAN ALENEZI
15 MF SHEREEDAH ALSHEREEDAH
18 MF ADAL MATAR (C) 50
20 DF KHALED EBRAHIM 34
22 GK SULAIMAN ABDULGHAFOOR


Substitutes

1 GK AARON LENNOX
2 DF JASON GERIA 61*
3 DF CURTIS GOOD
6 MF JOSHUA BRILLANTE
8 MF RYAN EDWARDS
10 FW ADAM TAGGART
11 FW CONNOR PAIN
12 GK JACK DUNCAN
15 DF DAVID VRANKOVIC
16 MF REECE CAIRA
21 MF ANDREW HOOLE 82
23 FW PETROS SKAPETIS 61

1 GK ABDULRAHMAN ALHESAINAN
2 DF SAMI ALSANEA
4 DF FAHAD ALMEJMED
6 DF SAOUD ALANSARI
7 FW OMAR ALHEBAITER 85
12 MF HAMAD ALHARBI
14 DF MOHAMMAD ALFARESI
16 FW FAISAL ALAZEMI
17 FW SAAD ALWALEED
19 FW YOUSIF ALRASHIDI 75
21 MF ABDULLAH
23 GK SAUD ALJENAIE

So we are top of our group with Japan and Iran drawing 3-3

[EdDog]

Any word on how we played?

Good to see all 3 AU boys getting a run.

[Stuckey]

http://www.footballaustralia.com.au/new ... -win/83015

Sounds like we could have played better and the game was pretty even. Considering this should in theory be our easiest game it doesn't fill me with confidence but maybe this win will spur us on next match when we play Iran tomorrow night. One thing I don't like about these tournaments is the quick turn around for games. Sure the player's clubs want this to be over quickly three games in 6 days is tough on the players. I'm gonna presume will see a very different line up next match.

[shinAUFC]

Good to see Ikonomidis get a run in the green and gold finally, amazed Lazio let him go for such a nothing tournament TBH.

Apparently viddie said kitto was a different player after the goal in regards to confidence. Fantastic for AUFC.

Seems John Hall did himself proud also. I did not realise john hall was that good ? i suppose its hard to get his name in the headlines competing with euge and Izzo.

What is it with Aufc and promising keepers?

Huge, Izzo, Hall, Birra

[Stuckey]

Peter Blaz he's gotta get a decent chuck of that credit IMO. Agree on Ikonomidis I knew you'd be happy to see your mate play Shin!

[Stuckey]

Looks like we were actually pretty lucky to get away with the win. Well taken shot from Kitto!

[EdDog]

Saved by the post.

[Stuckey]

The Olyroos have claimed top spot of Group C and a quarter finals berth at the AFC U-22 Championship following a 1-0 victory over I.R. Iran at Royal Police Stadium in Muscat last night.

The only goal of the match came from Peter Skapetis who latched on to a loose ball in the 56th minute and fired home after Iranian goalkeeper Ali Reza Beiranvand could only parry defender Curtis Good’s header from a corner

http://www.footballaustralia.com.au/new ... sion/83187

I.R. Iran 0
Olyroos 1 (Peter Skapetis 56’)

Tuesday 14 January 2014
Royal Oman Police Stadium, Muscat, OMAN

Referee: KIM JONG HYEOK (KOREA REPUBLIC)
Assistant Referees: KWANGYEOL (KOREA REPUBLIC) & JAKHONGIR SAIDOV (UZBEKISTAN)
Fourth Official: LIU KWOK MAN (HONG KONG)
Crowd: 250

I.R. Iran line-up: 1.ALI REZA SAFARBEIRANVAND (gk), 2.VAHID ESMAEILIBEIGI, 3.SHAHRYAR SHIRVAND (C), 5.MOHAMMAD AMIN HAJMOHAMMADI, 6.MORTEZA POURALIGANJI, 9.KAVEH REZAEI, 13.AHMAD ZENDEHROOH, 14.SHAHAB KARAMI, 19.BEHNAM BARZAY (11.SEYED PEYMAN MIRI 71’), 20.EHSAN PAHLAVAN (17.ARSALAN MOTAHHARI84’), 23.MEHDI SHIRI (16.FARDIN ABEDINI 62’)

Unused Substitutes: 10. AFSHIN ESMAEILZADEH , 12. AMIR ABED ZADEH (gk) , 15. NAVID KHOSHHAVA , 18. MASOUD RIKI , 21. AMMAR NIK KAR , 22. FARZIN KAROUSIAN (gk) ,

Yellow Cards: MOHAMMAD AMIN HAJMOHAMMADI 38’, SHAHAB KARAMI 78’

Olyroos line-up: 1.AARON LENNOX (gk), 3.CURTIS GOOD (C), 4.CONNOR CHAPMAN, 6.JOSHUA BRILLANTE, 8.RYAN EDWARDS (17.JAKE BARKER-DAISH 80’), 10.ADAM TAGGART (7.STEFAN INGO MAUK 86’), 11.CONNOR PAIN, 13.SCOTT GALLOWAY, 16.REECE CAIRA, 21.ANDREW HOOLE, 23.PETER SKAPETIS (9.DYLAN TOMBIDES 90’)

Unused Substitutes: 5.COREY BROWN, 12.JACK DUNCAN (gk), 14.NICHOLAS ANSELL, 15.DAVID VRANKOVIC, 18.JOHN HALL (gk), 19.HAGI GLIGOR, 20.CHRISTOPHER IKONOMIDIS, 22.RYAN KITTO
Yellow Cards: CONNOR CHAPMAN 23’, CURTIS GOOD 49’

Woohoo! Sounds like a similar game to the Kuwait game. Hopefully we knock Japan off as I would rather not face them again this tournament. But since Japan could only draw with Kuwait. Japan getting thru is up in the air still.
At this stage it is likely we will play the winner of the Group D clash between Uzbekistan and Saudi Arabia is the quarters.

[EdDog]

So JBD the only Red to get a run (off the bench for the last 10 mins). Kitto and Hall benched.

I guess with tournaments like this, it's important to rotate the squad with so many games in a short space of time.

Good to see that we are at least getting results in some young Socceroos games. It wasn't that long ago that we couldn't even score!

At this level, results are probably just as important as the style as it breeds confidence.

[Stuckey]

Also their last game was on the 12th so most of those kids would still be cactus.