Thu, 28 Oct, 2021

Jakarta: Indonesia’s preparations for next week’s 2018 AFC U-19 Championship were dealt a blow on Wednesday as a brace from Abdullah Al Hamdan helped fellow title hopefuls Saudi Arabia seal a narrow 2-1 friendly win over the Southeast Asians.
Despite starting brightly at the Wibawa Mukti Stadium in Cikarang, Indonesia, who will host the AFC U-19 Championship’s latest edition, fell behind in the 37th minute when livewire forward Al Hamdan was afforded too much time and space before thundering home a shot from fully 25 yards.
Roared on by vocal home support, Indra Sjafri’s charges wasted little time in drawing level however, Saddil Ramdani matching the quality of the game’s opening goal with a spectacular strike of his own in first half stoppage-time.
Thu, 28 Oct, 2021

Sydney: Senior team trainee John Iredale and Dutch side AFC Ajax's Sebastian Pasquali are among the 23 players Young Soceeroos head coach Ante Milicic has selected for the AFC U-19 Championship Indonesia 2018.
Iredale, who plays for another Dutch side SC Heerenveen, was in the last Socceroos team camp while Pasquali is a bright prospect who made his A-League debut aged 16.
Also included in the squad are A-League players Nathaniel Atkinson (Melbourne FC) and Apostolos Stametelopoulos (Adelaide United).
The Young Socceroos recently completed a training camp on the Sunshine Coast in Queensland and will travel to Singapore on Sunday to continue their build-up to the tournament.
Thu, 28 Oct, 2021

Tokyo: Defending champions Japan have announced their squad for this month's AFC U-19 Championship in Indonesia, after head coach Masanaga Kageyama revealed the 23 selected players on Tuesday.
Only 11 players, including Sagan Tosu forward Kyosuke Tagawa, remain from the squad which breezed through qualifying with successive wins over Mongolia, Singapore and Thailand late last year.
The Japanese attack will also feature Takefusa Kubo, who starred at the 2016 AFC U-16 Championship, scoring four goals as Japan reached the semi-finals.
A total 22 of the 23 players are on the books of professional clubs in Japan, with towering 18-year-old defender Kenedeiebusu Mikuni - a student at Aomori Yamada High School - the sole exception.
Thu, 28 Oct, 2021

Sydney: Australia are set to step up their preparations for October's AFC U-19 Championship, with head coach Ante Milicic calling up 24 players for an 11-day training camp beginning on Saturday.
The camp, to be held on the New South Wales Central Coast, features 21 players on the books of Australian A-League clubs and an additional three plying their trade in Europe.
Players such as Melbourne City's Nathanial Atkinson and Adelaide United's Apostolos Stametelopoulos have already established themselves at A-League level, while promising forward Ben Folami has appeared in the English Championship for Ipswich Town.
The squad also features Western Sydney Wanderers duo John Roberts and Marc Tokich, both of whom scored in the 2017-2018 National Youth League Final to help guide the club to a national title.
With Australia set to face Korea Republic, Jordan and Vietnam at the AFC U-19 Championship, former Socceroo Milicic stressed the importance of the camp.
Thu, 28 Oct, 2021

Kuala Lumpur: Malaysia will kick-off their preparations for the 2018 AFC U-19 Championship Indonesia with a week-long training camp starting August 25 in Kuala Lumpur.
Head coach Bojan Hodak, who steered Malaysia to the ASEAN U-19 title in July, has named a 26-strong training squad.
The one-week camp will be followed by Hodak trimming the squad to 24 players, who will then shift base to Muscat, Oman for a 10-day training camp beginning September 1.
Thu, 28 Oct, 2021

Hanoi: Vietnam U-19 national team head coach Hoang Anh Tuan has called up 24 players for the first of three training camps ahead of October's AFC U-19 Championship in Indonesia.
The 50-year-old mentor - who led the Southeast Asian nation to a historic semi-final appearance at the 2016 championship - is leaving no stone unturned in an extensive preparation for this year's Finals, with camps arranged in Vietnam, Japan and Qatar.
The squad will travel to Nghe An Province for a fitness focused nine-day camp on Saturday, before spending 12 days in Japan from August 28.
That will be followed by a journey to Qatar where the side will face the hosts as well as 2017 South American Youth Football Championship winners Uruguay in a tournament which will provide vital match preparation ahead of the October Finals.
Thu, 28 Oct, 2021

Surabaya: A late strike by Nik Akif Syahiran steered Malaysia to the AFF Under-19 title as they came from behind to defeat Myanmar 4-3 in the final on Saturday.
Having taken a 2-0 lead through Awang Muhammad Faiz in the third minute and Nik Akif (18th), Malaysia found themselves trailing following an eight-minute blitz which saw Myanmar scoring three times.
Win Naing Tun hit a quick fire brace in the 23rd and 26th minutes before Myat Kaung Khant gave Myanmar the lead in the 31st.