FFA National Junior Championships Day 2
For the second consecutive day, New South Wales recorded victories in both the Boys 13 and Girls 14 competition with 4-0 and 1-0 victories over the ACT respectively.
For the second consecutive day, New South Wales recorded victories in both the Boys 13 and Girls 14 competition with 4-0 and 1-0 victories over the ACT respectively.
New South Wales- Bright Appiah opened the scoring after seven minutes from an acute angle before James Baldachino volleyed home to double their lead in the 29th minute. Kevin Ly and Jordan Nadalin furthered NSW lead with two goals in the final ten minutes.
Western Australia are hot on the heels of NSW after a 2-0 victory over Northern NSW to maintain a share of the lead when captain Matthew Ntoumenopoulos found the back of the net after the initial freekick was saved and Jack Iredale doubled their lead in the final minute.
Three teams remain undefeated after day two when Victoria maintained their perfect start to the championships, a brace from John Maclean sealing the three points with goals in the 6th and 32nd minute.
Queensland made amends for their day one loss as they out classed Tasmania in the final game of the day running out 6-0 victors. The victory seeing the sunshine state move into fourth.
In the Girls 14 competition, a tough tussle between NSW and the ACT ended in a narrow victory to the visitors when Alisha Bass magnificently volleyed home the winner in the dying minutes to move clear at the top of the table.
After the bye yesterday, South Australia kicked their championships off with a 1-0 victory over Western Australia. Despite numerous opportunities, Western Australia couldn-t find the back of the net meanwhile South Australia-s Jesse Williams scored the game-s only goal in the 39th minute.
Queensland will be ruing a missed three points after Northern NSW scored twice in as many minutes by Adianna Jones and Nadja Squires to come from behind for the three points and their first victory at the championships.
Under 13 Boys NSW 4 (B Appiah 7-, J Baldachino 29-, K Ly 40-, J Nadalin 50-) ACT 0, Western Australia 2 (M Ntoumenopoulos 35-, J Iredale 49-) Northern NSW 0, Victoria 2 (J Maclean 6-, 32-) South Australia, Queensland 6 (L Grillo 12- C O-Neill 17-, 28-, R Dalton 33-, M Hore 41-, S O-Neill 50-) Tasmania 0
Boys 13 | P | W | D | L | F | A | GD | Pts |
New South Wales | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 6 |
Western Australia | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
Victoria | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
Queensland | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 3 |
South Australia | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
Northern NSW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 0 |
ACT | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7 | -6 | 0 |
Tasmania | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 9 | -9 |
Girls 14 | P | W | D | L | F | A | GD | Pts |
New South Wales | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
Northern NSW | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
South Australia | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
Victoria | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Western Australia | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
ACT | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 1 |
Queensland | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 1 |