Biggest tournament for national teams at this age. Needs its own...

2018 AFC U23 Championship – Group D: Australia U23 v Syria U23...

Did Brandon O'Neill just miss out due to age? The squad is quite...

Name Club, Country Jonathan ASPROPOTAMITIS Western...

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Use this thread for the youth teams guys...

World Cup hopeful Hrustic sets course for Russia

Such are the...

FOX Sports Football ‏ Verified account @FOXFOOTBALL...

Make sure you subscribe to The AFC Hub on Youtube; they've just...

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Chris Beath reffing the first game between China and Oman, how's he...

China win 3:0. AFC hub had a stream.

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Is this game tonight?

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Qataris also dicking a 1-0 win over Uzbek in group A. Boo.

Fox Sports have confirmed they're streaming the full match on Thursday...

Asia - AFC U23 Championship 69' Korea DPR U23 1 - 0...

Current scores on soccerway. Big session tonight.

Iraq 4 Malaysia 1 North Korea 1 Thailand 0

It would be much better for U23s if Aus played in the Asean Cup. These...

Milicic, who oversaw a 2-1 warm-up friendly win against Thailand's...

Interesting Ikonomidis opted out. Maybe trying to sort out club future...

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when aussies playing

11th job done

It's so unfair for the Aussie based players not to have the choice....

Australia v Syria at 7pm AEDT tonight. The other match in our group,...

+ x [quote] [b] johnszasz - 7 Jan 2018 12:43 PM [/b]...

Didn't they say they'd stream the first half? What happened with that?...

Geoblocked on youtube, haven't tried a vpn yet. Here's the first goal...

AFC Hub stream is working for me with a VPN, I use a free Chrome...

2-0, Kamau heads in a Popovic cross, well done to DDS setting him up...

HT 2-0. Lineup is: Izzo Cowburn - Deng - Susnjar - Garruccio...

Half time stats:...

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Blackwood with two goals, Kamau with one goal and an own goal from...

Deng was really odd this game. Was all over the place in his...

Highlights:...

A lot of similarity in all 4 goals. A through ball past the final line...

Forgot this was on, looks a good result though. Also Korea currently...

FT South Korea 2 Vietnam 1. Looks like it'll be a very competitive...

Whats been the deal with Hrustic of late? Completely forgot about him....

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Uzbekistan beat China 1:0. Oman Qatar up in 5min. Hope Oman can hold...

Qatar win 1:0. First tie breaker is H2H so I assume they're through...

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I get that Japan have gone for a younger squad of 97/98 born players...

Next Australia game is tomorrow Sunday 14th at 7pm AEDT against...

I've had two viewings of the second half against Syria. Buhagiar's...

Malaysia Jordan 1:1 Saudi Iraq 0:0 Palestine North Korea 1:1 Japan...

Park to fix Vietnam’s problem ahead of Australia...

We will lose against Vietnam. We always do.

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AFC defends integrity after Syria field players with irregular birth...

Hrustic nearly with a great goal

Rubbish half, lots of possession and created nothing while being cut...

Man, that's pathetic. I thought this was meant to be a strong...

Typical youth team performance, pathetic. But of course, since we had...

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It's shit like this that kills the perception of the A league...

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     + x [quote] [b] nomates - 14 Jan 2018 9:05 PM [/b]...

Lost to Vietnam.... Embarrassing.

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     Well. There is certainly some continuity in style between the...

Wins for Uzbekistan and Qatar in Group A, they've both qualified.

How many sessions did they get before the tournament started? You'd...

Wouldn't mind...

some defensive shape wouldnt go astray in this team , as posted above...

We need a strikers academy where every junior aged 6-18 who's ever...

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     + x [quote] [b] Davide82 - 16 Jan 2018 10:44 AM [/b]...

Young strikers will struggle to get games here because they cant come...

Vietnam put a lot into youth at the moment. Just look at how many...

Actually, the match on AFC channel alone has had 500k views and the...

Olyroos being left behind as Asia improves

The Olyroos need...

That's passing the buck a bit isn't it?

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If he is void of all responsibility for squad and match day selections...

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Idk

It just seems like there is an epidemic in Aus football...

President of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Salman Al Khalifa...

Big 5-1 surprise win for Palestine over Thailand, and a win by Japan...

- AFC U23 Championship EG Japan U23 3 - 1 Korea...

Another upset! Malaysia have beaten Saudi 0-1 in Group C. Iraq beat...

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Malaysia await the winner of our group while Iraq await the runner up....

A win of any sort regardless of Vietnam's result qualifies us. A win...

From twitter... Izzo, Cowburn, Gersbach, Susnjar, Blackwood,...

The way Vietnam played isn't really the stuff to win tournaments....

8c

[img=http://forum.insidesport.com.au/Uploads/Images/f4a5bd...

Oh, is that today? What time does it start?

Woah I wasn't prepared it kicked off on time.

Starting...

On the back foot early. Always a positive sign.

Good to see Cowburn continuing the fine standard of a-league crossing

Lol we're out

Our league isn't even the best in Asia lol

And we are screwed

Lol, terrible.

Izzo needs to talk.

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Why does Blackwood always look incapable of anticipating anything?

Absolutely no heart in this team. Looks like they couldn't give a...

Ball control and quick passing is woeful.

Da Silva wtf hahaha? Looked like when you press the button too early...

They are so much technically better than us

well this is a familiar feeling doing nothing with possession and...

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     Could you imagine Blackwood in a million years doing what the Korean...

Oh well that was short lived.

So our attackers can't score and our defenders can't defend. Other...

And that's it, no coming back from this

Torn to pieces time and time again by a far superior technical...

It’s a nothing tournament why can’t we play with some risk and...

Same old. No one will be held accountable so fuck it.

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They are direct and have purpose. We love passing back and across...

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2-0 down but dominating possession. KPI has been met.

I just realised I don't actually have to watch this shit. GL to the...

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They are so penetrative. They run directly at our defenders and put us...

Everyone involved in Aussie junior football is in need of replacing.

we can score two, dont know how many we will let in though.

Deng, I think it was, turned by Korean players twice on both goals....

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Good shot and save. Come on boys. Leave it all on the pitch!

They're actually not playing too badly now. A lot more direct.

Definitely going better now,.

lol

DDS has to hit that first time..

It's so annoying. I thought our camps were going to improve the side....

Only woke up at about the 50th minute but whatever Milicic has changed...

How have we not scored!!!??

ANOTHER shot from distance - wtf?! We had the perfect break...

Korea making silly errors. Shooting from distance is unlikely to help....

comical

Laughable really...

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Let's lose by more, we deserve to be punished like this. Fn horrible....

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Shit pass by Deng. Susnjar awareness poor and the gap was way to big....

Hahahahahahahahahha Fuck Me. When will we see change.

Milicic has been urging them to pass forward and quicker - but we're...

About time

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Finally a goal!!

Our conceded goals have been shit and unnecessary. The other chances...

Syria Vietnam still 0:0

And you know what was indicative? Half-time, the subs warming up on...

Fucking amazing what happens when you play with some attacking intent

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onlygot speed

Goal!!! 3:2. Keep it up

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Buhagiar the Maltese Messi!

Well good on the team, as Koreans relaxed with lead and tiring late in...

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3:0 is the most dangerous lead in football :D Korea are rattled....

I hope Blackwood proves me wrong, but for a supposed #9, it's little...

Thanks guys - BTW it seems the Chinese neutrals and/or Koreans are...

header replay

any stream for this one or do we wait until the year 2050 before we...

Can always be optimistic once De Silva gets on the ball. Just a shame...

BTW Somebody asked earlier what McGree had been up to, to have been...

Cowburn in the thick of it. Atleast he's stepping up. He's one of the...

More gamesmanship time wasting from their keeper.

Gerbach has looked ordinary too and again, a partial culprit seems to...

thoughts on susnjar? does he play in the same league as GolGol?

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The players top of the box are useless, predictable 2-3 touches and a...

And we're out.

Popovic should be the #9, he's a good technical player so can see why...

Izzo saved that from a real embarrassment.

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     + x [quote] [b] johnszasz - 18 Jan 2018 12:25 AM [/b]...

Korea and Vietnam go through.

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Learnt some positives and negatives from all of this. A shame to be...

I really, really like Susnjar. Has that mongrel about him and is great...

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He and Popovic are the two I’m most excited about.

It's frustrating and kind of disorientating. At the end of it, you...

Old article - Kewell slams Australian player development...

I am not that impressed with our u23's and with the development of our...

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     + x [quote] [b] GloryPerth - 18 Jan 2018 1:31 AM [/b]...

             + x [quote] [b] New Signing - 18 Jan 2018 9:30 AM [/b]...

                 + x [quote] [b] Decentric - 19 Jan 2018 8:27 AM [/b]...

                     We really did out play Korea for large parts of that 2nd half (sadly...

                         + x [quote] [b] phutbol - 19 Jan 2018 1:41 PM [/b]...

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                                             + x [quote] [b] redcup - 19 Jan 2018 3:47 PM [/b]...

                                 + x [quote] [b] sub007 - 19 Jan 2018 2:17 PM [/b]...

                                     + x [quote] [b] kaufusi - 19 Jan 2018 3:35 PM [/b]...

                             More like if Cowburn has s our best right back, we are doomed. He was...

                         + x [quote] [b] phutbol - 19 Jan 2018 1:41 PM [/b]...

Not good enough, we start to play when the scoreboard is not on our...

Get rid of this possession game, we just dont have the smarts for it i...

U17s, u20s, u23s. Both men's and women's teams have sucked. Not one...

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     + x [quote] [b] playmaker11 - 18 Jan 2018 1:20 AM [/b]...

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                 + x [quote] [b] Decentric - 18 Jan 2018 11:06 PM [/b]...

1/4s

Qatar vs Palestine
Iraq vs Vietnam
Japan vs...

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     + x [quote] [b] GloryPerth - 18 Jan 2018 1:32 AM [/b]...

             + x [quote] [b] paladisious - 18 Jan 2018 2:04 AM [/b]...

Oh wait results don't matter. As you were.

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     + x [quote] [b] scott21 - 18 Jan 2018 1:06 AM [/b]...

Squad average ages Korea 21.3 Australia 20.6

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Asian Football AFC U-23 Championship: Korea Republic boot out...

The second half was terrific. Shame we couldn't play like that in the...

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vast improvement from a few years ago when we couldn't score a goal at...

They all shit , not even raw talent. They're all rubbish

Can we qualify for the olympics with a team like...

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Cracks me up how we have 70% possession in these games yet our...

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     + x [quote] [b] jas88 - 18 Jan 2018 12:19 PM [/b]...

I think we won more duels though

Blackwood needs to learn to drop deep to get the ball, hold it up,...

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Probably harsh to single out Blackwood because everyone was not up to...

When I watched this game all I could see is more of the failed system...

So another failure at youth level & another Olympics in which we have...

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Buhagiar played really well last night. Surprised me, since he was one...

If you took out the u23s from an afl team you'd have half a team....

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     Same old.

I was happy with the squad picked to be honest....

             + x [quote] [b] josh sydneyfc - 18 Jan 2018 7:56 PM [/b]...

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Looked like the typical performance at youth level. On play alone we...

Uzbekistan lead Japan 3:0 at half time.

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     + x [quote] [b] MrBrisbane - 19 Jan 2018 8:11 PM [/b]...

Anyone know much about former Perth player Matthew Davies who now...

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     + x [quote] [b] sub007 - 19 Jan 2018 11:07 PM [/b]...

[YouTube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rv5bCIDtZF4[/YouTube]...

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Qatar 3:2 over Palestine.

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     + x [quote] [b] paladisious - 20 Jan 2018 2:31 PM [/b]...

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Shocked by that result, the Uzbeks must have a strong generation...

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     + x [quote] [b] lukerobinho - 20 Jan 2018 10:56 PM [/b]...

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Korea and Vietnam through to the semis.

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     + x [quote] [b] lukerobinho - 21 Jan 2018 9:59 PM [/b]...

Vietnam through on pens...

Vietnam beat Qatar on penalties. Uzbek Korea up next.

[YouTube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_SNSaX8KB4w[/YouTube] Great...

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     + x [quote] [b] johnszasz - 23 Jan 2018 10:29 PM [/b]...

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With the likes of Vietnam and Thailand improving, ill be wary with the...

Pretty big day for Vietnam football. They are 5 mins away from an...

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Uzbekistan into the final beating South Korea 4-1 after extra time.

Absolutely wonderful celebrations on and off the pitch by the...

My friends in Hanoi just sent me some live streams of the street...

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Final is being held in the snow. Has Vietnam ever played (or seen)...

What weather! Uzbekistan lead 1:0 and in this snow it might just be...

Vietnam equalise through a great free kick.

3 mins until penalties

Uzbekistan win it on 120. Heartbreaking for Vietnam.

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Have a look at the highlights of the final, I had no idea it snowed so...

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     + x [quote] [b] newton_circus - 29 Jan 2018 9:46 PM [/b]...

             + x [quote] [b] paladisious - 30 Jan 2018 3:50 PM [/b]...

                 + x [quote] [b] Derider - 30 Jan 2018 4:04 PM [/b]...

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                         + x [quote] [b] paladisious - 31 Jan 2018 12:07 AM [/b]...

                 + x [quote] [b] Derider - 30 Jan 2018 4:04 PM [/b]...

                     + x [quote] [b] paladisious - 30 Jan 2018 11:56 PM [/b]...

No reason why we couldn't at least trial a couple of Uzbeks/Veitnamese...

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     + x [quote] [b] TheSelectFew - 28 Jan 2018 5:04 PM [/b]...

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     + x [quote] [b] lukerobinho - 28 Jan 2018 5:46 PM [/b]...

Not just Uzbek players but some of these Vietnamese players would not...

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     + x [quote] [b] lukerobinho - 29 Jan 2018 5:38 PM [/b]...

             + x [quote] [b] paladisious - 29 Jan 2018 6:58 PM [/b]...

                 + x [quote] [b] lukerobinho - 29 Jan 2018 8:15 PM [/b]...

                     + x [quote] [b] paladisious - 29 Jan 2018 9:41 PM [/b]...

                         + x [quote] [b] lukerobinho - 29 Jan 2018 9:55 PM [/b]...

     + x [quote] [b] lukerobinho - 29 Jan 2018 5:38 PM [/b]...

             + x [quote] [b] newton_circus - 29 Jan 2018 7:27 PM [/b]...

                 + x [quote] [b] lukerobinho - 29 Jan 2018 8:14 PM [/b]...

Some vids on the locals ... great stuff.. From a guy in the US who...

I would take #19 at SFC even just to take set pieces

Would definitely be worth giving it a go. For SFC + MV would be a...

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     + x [quote] [b] Barca4Life - 30 Jan 2018 3:06 PM [/b]...

             + x [quote] [b] Eldar - 30 Jan 2018 9:30 PM [/b] +...