AFC U-19 Championship: China 0-1 Australia

Shabow curled home a right foot shot from 12 yards out to ensure Ufuk Talay’s side kicked off the campaign with a win to join Uzbekistan on three points at the summit of the standings after the first round of matches.

Australia dominated an action-packed first half and the greatest surprise of the opening period was that the Chinese managed to go into the interval level, with Talay’s side forcing three corners in the opening seven minutes without creating a goal scoring chance, but those were to come in abundance.

First, though, it was the Chinese who forced the Australian defence onto the back foot with Feng Boxuan calling Tom Glover into action in goal before Cao Yongjing saw his shot at goal deflected wide by Thomas Deng.

From there, however, it was the Australians who were on top, with Joseph Champness at the heart of his team’s vibrant attack.