Joeys disaster in Tashkent
Ok so it's no big deal Australia lost to the UAE in the Quarter Final of the Under 16Asian Cup in Tashkent. Everythings in Tashkent these days!
But what is a big deal is it means the Joeys won't go to the World Cup Under 17 next year. The FFA don't say so in their release but I'm pretty sure that's the deal.
Don't think we missed a World Cup in Oceania...but then we never had to play in Tashkent.
Feel for the lads, a goal in injury time knocked them out, plus some AFC dealings ensured their opponents were changed at the last minute.
The Qantas Joeys have been knocked out of the AFC U16 Championships after falling to the United Arab Emirates 3-2 in the quarter finals of the tournament in Tashkent overnight.
Only hours before kick-off, Yemen, who had topped group D, were disqualified from the tournament for fielding an overage player. The decision meant that instead of facing Japan the Qantas Joeys had to face the United Arab Emirates, in their quarter final match.
With the scores locked at 2-2 at the end of 90 minutes, and the match looking destined to go to extra time, Abdulla Mohammad’s scored for the UAE in the first minute of injury time to give his team the victory.
The UAE took the lead after 7 minutes into the match when a cross found Fahad Salam unmarked who made no mistake from close range to beat Qantas Joeys goalkeeper Robert Kolac.
The Qantas Joeys had a number of opportunities to equalise in the first half, but were denied by saves from the UAE goalkeeper Eesa Abbas and the cross-bar on one occasion.
Ben Kantarovski equalised for Qantas Joeys early in the second half finishing off a cross from Marc Warren.
Trent Sainsbury gave the Qantas Joeys the lead in the 57th minute when he capitalised on a Brendan Hamill flick on from a Jared Lum free kick.
Fahad Salem notched his second goal of the game in the 64th minute to level the scores when the Qantas Joeys failed to clear the ball from inside the box.
Then in the first minute of injury time, UAE striker Abdulla Mohammad headed home the winner after Ahmed Al Balooshi hit the bar following a Fahed Salem free-kick.
After the match, Qantas Joeys Martyn Crook was obviously disappointed with the result.
"We had plenty of opportunities in the first-half and we should have scored them so we got punished for that.
"After we took a 2-1 lead we had a chance to score a third goal from a one-on-one situation but we didn't. We were punished quickly for that as UAE leveled the scores.
"UAE played well although the last two days were hard for them," he added.
"Their players showed a great fighting spirit and they were really good on the break with quick counter-attacks.
"We were really vulnerable from crosses. The crosses have cost us the match and UAE players took full advantage from these mistakes,” concluded Crook.
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Match Details:
Qantas Joeys 2 (Ben Kantarovski 48’, Trent Sainsbury 57’)
United Arab Emirates 3 (Fahad Salim 7’/64’, Abdulla Muhammad 90+1’)
Sunday 12 October 2008
MHSK Stadium, Tashkent, Uzbekistan
Referee: Minoru Tojo (Japan)
Assistant Referees: Yosef Mirza Rustom (Saudi Arabia) & Manh Long Pham (Vietnam)
Fourth Official: Mukthar Al Yarimi (Yemen)
Crowd: 500
Qantas Joeys line-up: Robert Kolac (gk), Chahine Noujaim, Marc Warren, Brendan Hamill (C), Jared Lum, Ben Kantarovski, Nikola Stanojevic, Kamal Ibrahim, Chris Bush, Trent Sainsbury, Stephen Domenici (Danai Gapare 83’).
Substitutes Not Used: Zac Tubbs (gk), Nathan Farrell, Teddy Yabio, Colin Wright, Cameron Edwards, Aaron Lennox (gk), Mark Perrone, Dimitrios Petratos.
Yellows Cards: Nil
Red Cards: Nil
QANTAS JOEYS SQUAD
AFC U16 CHAMPIONSHIPS - UZBEKISTAN 2008
4-18 October 2008
Eli Babalj (WA), Chris Bush (ACTAS), Julius Davies (WA), Stephen Domenici (ACTAS), Cameron Edwards (WA), Petar Franjic (VIS), Nathan Farrell (SASI), Danai Gapare (ACTAS), Brendan Hamill (NSWIS), Kamal Ibrahim (VIS), Ben Kantarovski (Newcastle Jets), Robert Kolac (NSWIS), Aaron Lennox (NSWIS), Jared Lum (NSWIS), Chahine Noujaim (SASI), Mark Perrone (SASI), Dimitrios Petratos (NSWIS), Trent Sainsbury (WA), Nikola Stanojevic (NSWIS), Nicholas Tubbs (QAS), Marc Warren (NSWIS), Bailey Wright (VIS) and Teddy Yabio (VIS).
AFC U16 CHAMPIONSHIPS - UZBEKISTAN 2008
OFFCIAL MATCH SCHEDULE - FINALS
Quarter Finals
#DateMatchVenue
QF112 Oct 2008 IR Iran2:0 SyriaPakhtakor Stadium16:00
QF212 Oct 2008 Korea Republic 3:0 UzbekistanPakhtakor Stadium20:00
QF312 Oct 2008 Australia 2:3 United Arab EmiratesMHSK Stadium14:00
QF412 Oct 2008 Japan 2:0 Saudi ArabiaMHSK Stadium18:00
Semi Finals
#DateMatchVenue
SF115 Oct 2008 Winner QF1 vs. Winner QF3Pakhtakor Stadium15:00
SF215 Oct 2008 Winner QF2 vs. Winner QF4Pakhtakor Stadium19:00
Final
#DateMatchVenue
F18 Oct 2008 Winner SF1 vs. Winner SF2Pakhtakor Stadium16:00
2 comments:
It is a big deal. Australia should not lose to UAE, especailly after they had already beaten Saudi Arabia and China in the pool games. Questions must be asked.
Was it the coaching/tactics?
Was it the technical ability/mental attitude of the players?
We need to understand so that we can work on these things in our 11-15 year olds coming through so it doesn't happen again.
There is an unfortunate blame evrything else but ourselves attitude developing in Australia and it's not a good development.
I watched this game and Australia played well. The passed the ball well at times. They hit the post in the first half when they whee down 1-0. The had a chance to wrap the game up when they where up 2-1. It was only with crosses that the defence fell asleep and get lucky second balls.
I don't think it's a big deal. The guys will be disappointed i"m sure but it wasn't because they played badly.
Stama
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