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♔ ♕ ♚ ♛ Australia U17/U20/U23 National Team Tournaments & Discussion Thread ♔ ♕ ♚ ♛

Looked like quite a competitive game, China look strong physically and organised and had some good players up front.

They took their chances well especially the first goal which came from their high press and our No.8 turned it over as a result, the second goal was some poor defending but it came late in the game when we were pushing forward.

For us we lacked some cutting edge in the final third, and our play looked quite predictable and China dealt with it quite comfortably but I don't want to be crucial given they only 17 years old and clearly they still developing as players.
Although I think there is some interesting players especially the No.11 so it will be interesting how they develop going into the World Cup later in the year and beyond as well.
 
Aussie scout with his first f360 article


Its good tha f360 is covering youth football. Our views/listens on our pod always drop when we cover it (but we cover it anyway). 17 years of saying youth results dont matter has killed these brands which need to be rebuilt somehow. As much as people have dreamt of club football being the centerpiece of oz football, international football is which makes us similar to rugby union and cricket. So its crucial for these youth team brands to be rebuilt
 
Aussie scout with his first f360 article


Its good tha f360 is covering youth football. Our views/listens on our pod always drop when we cover it (but we cover it anyway). 17 years of saying youth results dont matter has killed these brands which need to be rebuilt somehow. As much as people have dreamt of club football being the centerpiece of oz football, international football is which makes us similar to rugby union and cricket. So its crucial for these youth team brands to be rebuilt
Thanks for sharing!!
 
2026 FIFA Under 17 World Cup draw results,

Group A:
A1 Qatar
A2 Panama
A3 Egypt
A4 Greece

Group B:
B1 South Korea
B2 Ethiopia/Mozambique
B3 New Caledonia
B4 Ecuador

Group C:
C1 Argentina
C2 Australia
C3 Uganda/Ghana
C4 Denmark

Group D:
D1 France
D2 Haiti
D3 Saudi Arabia
D4 Uruguay

Group E:
E1 Italy
E2 Jamaica
E3 Ivory Coast
E4 Uzbekistan

Group F:
F1 Senegal
F2 Croatia
F3 Cuba
F4 Tajikistan

Group G:
G1 Mali
G2 New Zealand
G3 Belgium
G4 Vietnam

Group H:
H1 Spain
H2 China
H3 Fiji
H4 Morocco

Group I:
I1 Brazil
I2 Ireland
I3 Tanzania
I4 Costa Rica

Group J:
J1 United States
J2 Montenegro
J3 Chile
J4 Algeria

Group K:
K1 Mexico
K2 Romania
K3 Cameroon
K4 Venezuela

Group L:
L1 Japan
L2 Colombia
L3 Serbia
L4 Honduras
 
Cant see us winning a game or drawing, best outcome would be to score at least 1 goal to make it a success.
The Joeys and Junior Matildas will be lucky to get results against the teams we've been drawn with especially given that we're in the group of death for both the men's and women's under-17 World Cup.
 
Like its good to be back at a U17 World Cup but at what cost of humiliation? The FA wont care they never have and the players are more focus on there TikTok account then playing for the country.
 
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