i cant be the only one whos looking forward to hearing him raise the roof off fox sports. we are sabotaging ourselves because theres not enough opportunities for the kids to play at the highest level in the country because of the lack of promotion and relegation

My score info says 2:2

Syria equalised in the 95min.

I was flicking between games so missed the end of that one. That is a great result and comeback for Syria though. 

Hard to say. I think each group has 3 'strong' sides and 1 team not necessarily pushovers but slightly worse than the others (although the Syria result has changed my opinion on that a bit) 

Group D is tough as well but I think Vietnam should be topping that one while the other groups are very hard to predict. Japan are probably the favourites to take out the tournament but I really couldn't count out a number of other teams. 

Japan v Saudi Arabia and South Korea v China kick off in 20 minutes.

Great news about the Qatari loss.

Correct me if I'm wrong but weren't a lot of the Syrian players in our WCQ playoff U23 players?

Nup I was wrong, I don't see any of the same names in their squad and our clash.

By loss you mean their loss of a victory? Ended 2:2

Somehow I don't feel Syria had such a young team. Would have to look deeper. Their 11 certainly had more season names. 

haha yes, they lost the points, thanks for the save! :)

Well somewhat of a shock with Saudi Arabia scoring late to defeat Japan 2-1. Because this is not a FIFA international window Japan have been unable to call up any of their Europe based players into the squad (except for Ryotaro Meshino who is at Hearts on loan from Manchester City) 

South Korea also scored late to defeat China 1-0. 

Saudi beat Japan 2:1 while South Korea win 1:0 over China. 

https://youtu.be/CUMJv3AS44I

Well done to Thailand. Bahrain gave them so much space. I'm sure we'll mark them tighter and we mustn't keep a high line. Nevertheless they'll be tricky in tight areas. Wish we had Souttar and Timotheu for set plays. 

https://youtu.be/WYmIOPzLEMo

I'll jynx it and saw Glover would never do what the Syrian keeper did for 1:0. Interesting how Qatar fell off after two very fortunate goals. Credit to Syria. 

https://youtu.be/Pa2IrDU83Qo

No bloody way. That Saudi dive at the end is a disgrace! 

Ideal scenario is for Japan to make it to the next round, but finish in the same position as us so we avoid them in the quarters, That way we only have to win one more game to qualify for olympics if Japan also win their quarter final game. Results seem to indicate so far that there will be a very slim chance of that happening.

Enough to fool Chris Beath lol

We have some news!

Our next two #AFCU23 group stage matches will be LIVE on Fox Sports, Kayo, and the My Football YouTube!

And Simon Hill has been locked in to commentate.


Can't stand this ad hoc shit. Yes the games will now be shown but keeping fans in a lull for so long and then seeing last minute reactions shows they have no outlook.

Some contact from the Japan defender was checked by VAR (surprised it is at this tournament tbh) so as soft as it is I guess it is fair enough

Japan's fault for not having oil.

Vietnam v UAE starting soon - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A5CRWq6ZdgY

Hope it's a win for Vietnam. Would like to see what their youth could do in Japan if they qualify.

dont need oil, they have the population and really damn good engineers

It's GAME DAY!

⚽️: Australia U-23 v Thailand U-23
⏰: 12:15am kick-off AEDT
📺: Live stream here: http://bit.ly/303QAbw

Bahrain winning 1-0 against Iraq at half time. Would be a good result for us if it stays like that.

Oh wow no way. Go Bahrain!

We're fairly favoured in betting

1:1 20 to go

H2H is tiebreaker in this tournament

2;1 Bahrain on 86 bit Iraq made it 2:2 at the death.

Team in
                 Glover
Deng   Ryan.    Mourdoukoutas  Gersbach
               Laws   Duncan
 D'Agostino   Italiano   Piscopo
                   Bouman 

Just guessing formation. Might see Daggers up front too. Not sure. I like it but what's Arnold up to here? Is this a punishment to the first game 11 or did he underestimate Iraq? Has he panicked?