AFC Festival of Football - Match Reports

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The Qantas Australian U13 Boys Football team were defeated on the final day of the AFC Festival of Football Tournament.

Sabah, Malaysia Sunday 6th June By Adam Mark

The Qantas Australian U13 Boys Football team were defeated on the final day of the AFC Festival of Football Tournament losing 7-1 to a physical and uncompromising the Myanmar U14 national team. In similar circumstances to the previous year 's tournament, the young Australians never really came to terms with the potent Myanmar side that dominated the game from the moment Mathew Stewart had equalised with a curling left foot strike into the top corner. To Australia's credit they never gave up and continued to try playing but defensively could not find the answers to combat the nature of Myanmar's aggressive game and this coupled with the oppressive heat proved too difficult.

The Qantas Australian U13 Boys Football team's last game of the tournament allowed them the opportunity to put behind them the day's earlier result. This was evident from the outset with Jacob Tarasenko confirming Australia's intentions immediately converting in opportunistic fashion to hand Australia the early lead. Australia had a number of chances to extend their lead, but it wasn't until the midpoint of the second half when Anthony Krkovski rounded off a convincing display to score and confirm a 2-0 result to end the tournament on a high.

At the completion of the tournament, Jordan Pokler, Anthony Duzel and Lucas Spinella were named in the All Star team that played a match against a Malaysian select XI as the final fixture of the festival.

Match Details Qantas Australian Under 13 Boys 1 (Mathew Stewart) Myanmar 7 Sabah, Malaysia

Qantas Australian Under 13 Boys Line Up - (First Half) - 29. Milan Egic, 4. Ross Millard, 5. Nathan Bertolissio, 6. Martin Lo, 8. Anthony Duzel, 14. Matthew Stewart, 16. Scott Halliday, 17. Daniel De Silva (c), 19. Jacob Tarasenko, 20. Antonee Burke -Gilroy, 21. Steve Kuzmanovski.

Qantas Australian Under 13 Boys Line Up - (Second Half) - 18. Lucas Spinella, 3. Liam Rose, 10. Jordan Pokler, 11. Thomas Waller, 12. Austin Ludwik, 13. Adam Berry (c), 15. Bai Antoniou, 22. Anthony Krkovski, 25. Connor O'Toole, 26. Lachlan Wales, 27. Anthony Kalik.

Match Details Qantas Australian Under 13 Boys 2 (Jacob Tarasenko, Anthony Krokvski) Philippines 0

Qantas Australian Under 13 Boys Line Up - (Second Half) - 29. Milan Egic, 3. Liam Rose, 10. Jordan Pokler, 11. Thomas Waller, 12. Austin Ludwik, 13. Adam Berry (c), 15. Bai Antoniou, 22. Anthony Krkovski, 25. Connor O'Toole, 26. Lachlan Wales, 27. Anthony Kalik.