Malaysia 5-0 Philippines

I'm assuming the game against Myanmar is on tonight at 10pm.

I can't find the info on FFA's site.

6:30pm Melbourne time. 

Thanks.

No worries. 

Vietnam 4-1 Timor Leste

Bump. 

Just over an hour to go. 

apologies if it has been posted but is there a stream?

No idea but my guess is ASEAN sport on YouTube. 

Anyone got a streem?

Here's a link, but don't know if it'll work or not by the time the countdown is over.

For some reason my regular search engine has been changed form Google to Yahoo.

By trying to find Australia v Myanmar  under 19 live stream through Yahoo it was useless.

When I went through Google, into Youtube, it immediately came up with the Australia v Myanmar livestream with a stream that is about 30 minutes ahead of Higashi's. It is due to start at 18.30 or 6.30 pm.

I haven't been able to cut and paste lately on to this site.

18.30 and 6.30pm is the same time.

That was what was meant by my post.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6UpSVehwiGs

This link appears to work.

Can't get the aforementioned stream, or any  other to work - all being 10 min over time.

Game just started.

2-0, get rekt. Good goal.

In a team sense this is the best I've seen an underage team since Jans Verinpronouncable was coaching

Thats not to say the individuals are as good as the younger skilleroo crop just the way the team is structured

Some poor 1v1 defending from our boys.

Number 21 let players go past on a number of occasions, then didn't chase. Instead he ran languidly behind the ball after losing the action, which forced CBs into dilemmas of taking the Burmese player on,  and leaving a player unmarked, or continuing to retreat with the Burmese player still running at them.

He was also outpaced by the Burmese left winger, when the Burmese player was ball carrying and our no 21 didn't have the ball.  This is pretty slow over the turf. Platters are so much slower at running with th e ball than without.

Then our RB was outpaced , devoid of the ball, when the Burmese left winger had the ball. This guy, dark skin colour, just hasn't the pace to be a RB. The defending as we were running towards our own goal, left a lot to be desired.


The tall left CB missed one key tackle, when he was beaten all ends up in midfield, which split the defence open. The tough tackling players from two night ago didn't seem to be on the pitch.


Another issue  is we played far too much down the right flank. The left flank was barely used. 

There was plenty of nice build up play, decent first touches, and some clever outside of the foot passing. Having said this, compa ed to Japanese players too many of our players are too one foot dominant as opposed to being two footed.

Some of he attacking central build up play was good. There was some neat attacking interplay, in tight spaces, which is a weakness of many of our national teams at all levels.

Decentric
if you are worried about team structure you should be thrilled they look vaguely organized in defense, usually have someone supporting the ball carrier and aren't sending hospital passes to players who are outnumbered

A lot to work on but gee some of the underage teams in the last 4-5 years have been poorly organized

The boys did pretty well, looked very good particularly in the first half. Love the possession game we are imposing.

I thought it were pretty fine display in the conditions , 36 * at kick off , we kept possession pretty well and never really looked under pressure .
Don't know what Decentric is looking at coz most of ball was played on our left for majority of game , right side came into game when Will Mutch came on and set up goal for Scotty.
Bring on next game and also thanks to Optus for coverage , even though commentary is , well weird , lol

I was looking at the team from a defensive perspective. A lot of it can be fixed as players mature.


In the second half against Myanmar the possession game was very, very impressive when Australia had the ball.

I've watched a lot of the French league recently, as well as the Spanish league. The  players constantly play diagonal pass, after diagonal pass, after diagonal pass, in patient build ups. That is unless a player is unmarked where they may play the odd straight ball - often a killer pass that breaks one or two lines.

These young Aussie footballers also did that tonight and eventually ran Myanmar off their feet. They also played diagonal pass, after diagonal pass, after diagonal pass,  and defended whilst possessing  the ball in an embryonic version of Barcelona.

They patiently held onto the ball, whilst probing, probing, probing, probing - waiting for an opportunity to attack through some eventual space being created. There were nearly always the all important triangles and diamonds being created by Australia.

A second point was that when the Dutch and KNVB staff coaches first visited Oz, in 2007-8, they considered HAL players had to work very hard to keep the ball.

KNVB staff coaches, Derkson and Schans, would've been very pleased with what they saw tonight from the Aussie under 19s. They kept the ball well in limited space even though many players are too one foot dominant.

Initially, I was concerned with lack of off the ball movement and the absence of checking in the midfield.  They didn't need the space as they were comfortable on the ball in limited space.

Also the central striker, number 3, who could've  been Scott, should have been awarded his second goal and Australia's fourth. The replay showed he was onside when his goal was disallowed.

For what it's worth , I agree
It was a very measured and controlled performance tonight , only one or two balls which were cleared in panic .
Most of play had structure and most importantly belief . Players had a level of trust to keep knocking the ball around waiting for the killer pass .
All. Good

You mentioned that kick off was in 36 degree heat.

That makes the performance even better.

The central  striker, number 3, looked knackered for most of the second half. He should've been awarded two goals instead of one.

Versleijen.

Agree the cross from OToole on left was pin point , Scotty moved well after pass was played , yes. he looked knackered but he always does :)
Always seems to pop up with a goal or 2 also his assist was pure class for Maia .

There was either a left back, or left wing,  whose face I recognise, who worked tirelessly off the ball when the team was in possession. But he was frequently ignored.

He made some brilliant well- timed forward runs on  the left. Thankfully they were  seen  on some occasions  and others played him in superbly.

The same player also made some excellent crosses from the left from limited opportunities.

I'm not sure when he came on, number 23, who was dark and had a crew cut and I think closely cropped beard, made some  rugged tackles in midfield in the second half. They were much more frequent against Cambodia. I loved them!

Not enough rugged tacklers in tonight's team for mine.

I thought tonight's team were better in Ball Possession and the Cambodian Under 19 Aussies were better in Ball Possession Opposition.

I thought Scott's first goal was excellent from a brilliant first touch.

Ideally,  I would have preferred him to have taken his first touch with his left, then shot with his right foot which  would've been quicker to eventuate after the first touch.

He also had a second goal. It was incorrectly  called offside. Scott still missed a number of shots he should've scored too.