2014 AFC U-22 Championship

[The Fonz]

Began yesterday in Oman. 4 groups of 4 - we're with Iran, Japan and Kuwait.
Top 2 from each group advance to quarter-finals.
Our first game is just over an hour away against Kuwait.

 

[The Fonz]

1-0 win to Australia. Next game is Tuesday against Iran

 

[NUFC Tiger]

Good to start off with a win - tough group with Japan and Iran. Iran up next, if we can nick a win, that should put us into the next round.

Ryan Kitto scored the only goal.

Australian Squad for the AFC U-22 Championships in Oman, from 11-26 January 2014:
Aaron Lennox (Gk) QPR, England
Jason Geria Melbourne Victory, Australia
Curtis Good Newcastle United, England
Connor Chapman Newcastle Jets, Australia
Corey Brown Brisbane Roar, Australia
Joshua Brillante Newcastle Jets, Australia
Stefan Mauk Melbourne Heart, Australia
Ryan Edwards Perth Glory, Australia
Dylan Tombides West Ham United, England
Adam Taggart Newcastle Jets, Australia
Connor Pain Melbourne Victory, Australia
Jack Duncan (Gk) Perth Glory, Australia
Scott Galloway Melbourne Victory, Australia
Nicholas Ansell Melbourne Victory, Australia
David Vrankovic Melbourne Heart, Australia
Reece Caira Wellington Phoenix, New Zealand
Jake Barker-Daish Adelaide United, Australia
John Hall (Gk) Adelaide United, Australia
Hagi Gligor Sydney FC, Australia
Chris Ikonomidis SS Lazio, Italy
Andrew Hoole Newcastle Jets, Australia
Ryan Kitto Adelaide United, Australia
Peter Skapetis QPR, England

 

[hey shorty]

Well done Ryan Kitto. Will see plenty mre game time in the seniors when he returns, quality kid. Good representation of A leaguers too.

 

[Mr_Bojangles]

Whatever gets R Edwards and McLaren out of the country while weakening other A-League sides has my vote.

 

[ilikepotatoes]

Whatever gets R Edwards and McLaren out of the country while weakening other A-League sides has my vote.

McLaren withdrew because of a back injury, I think he's fit next week. Bizarrely his replacement was Adam Taggart. Bizarre in the fact he was picked ahead of him.

 

[Gentlemen]

Question, where are Rogic and Bulut?

Rogic is generally agreed to be a very good player and Bulut was also highly rated when he went to Turkey.

 

[hey shorty]

Looking at the squad theres very few guys pushing for Brazil, maybe only Taggart at this stage. Rogic is a monty to go and Bulut has been around squads before. Maybe the squad is designed with the idea of giving the next gen a run as opposed to guys with realistic chances of making the Cup squad.

 

[ilikepotatoes]

Yeah, the squad was picked with an eye on the 2016 Olympics.

 

[Wingard#20]

Keep an eye out for Ryan Kitto who scored the only goal against Kuwait. Known him for a few years now as we went to the same school (he was in the year below).A quality kid, and also a great footballer who has a massive future in the game. Already made a few appearances for the Adelaide United senior team.

 

[The Fonz]

We're guaranteed to top the group after another win. Play Uzbekistan or Saudi Arabia in the quarter-finals.

 

[Mr_Bojangles]

Oh well, we're still Japan's bitch.

 

[pieman123]

Losing 2 nil in the quarter final, some quality diving by the scummy arabs

 

[Gentlemen]

Losing 2 nil in the quarter final, some quality diving by the scummy arabs

It finished 2-1 with Skapetis (spl?) scoring a penalty.

And jesus, can we split the AFC in half and make the Middle East their own federation? It's absolutely painful playing the cheap bastards.

 

[pieman123]

Corrupt referee's dont help either, had a goal disallowed for no reason and should have had a penalty but instead we got their gk rolling around for 5 mins.