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Beijing Youth League: Many elite players from Australia s U22 are absent, but the A-League Golden Boot needs to be on guard

11:55am, 26 August 2025【Football】

Hupu, August 25th, As the number one competitor of the 2003-age Chinese U22 men's football team in the new U23 Asian Cup qualifiers, the Australian U22 team announced the 24-person roster of players going to this stage of the competition on August 25th. Regarding the Australian U22 roster, Beijing Youth reporter Xiao Zan also wrote an article to introduce it. Xiao Zan believes that the Australian Super League Golden Boot Gesic needs to be wary of, and although many powerful elite players in Australia are absent, they are still very competitive.

Unlike the Chinese U22 team that recruited the best players of the age, the Australian U22 team mainly focuses on players who participated in the team's previous two training sessions. Including defender Chilkati who played for Serie A, Watford striker Ilan Kunda, defender Hayden Matthews of the English champions, and defender Kathy Boss of Mainz of Bundesliga, all of whom have been selected for the Australian national team, all of whom have been selected for the Australian national team have not been included. Among the 24 players, four of them played in European clubs. Last season's A-League Golden Boot Segic was a dangerous person worthy of attention for the Chinese U22 team.

The Australian U22 team has held two training sessions under the leadership of head coach Tony Vedmar this year, so the 24 players he recruited this time are also based on the players participating in the two training sessions, and most of the players are 2003/2004-age players. Elite players such as Ilan Kunda, Wardingham, Benny, and Giginias in the 2005/2006 low-age elite players have never been recruited by Vedmar, so they missed the Australian U22 team to participate in the U23 Asian preliminaries.

Chilkati, Hayden Matthews, Casey Boss and other 2003/2004-age players were selected for the Australian national team one after another, and they all missed the Australian U22 team lineup in this issue. What is relatively surprising is that Archie Goodwin, who just joined the major league club Charlotte FC this summer and is known as the "golden boy" of the Australian team's forward, was not selected for the Australian U22 team. In addition, forward Garran Kur, who has participated in the Qatar World Cup and is now playing for the U21 team of Newcastle United in the Premier League, also missed the selection.

In this case, the Australian U22 team, which is about to go to Xi'an to participate in this U23 Asian qualifiers, lacks the help of many powerful players. However, Vidmar does not agree with the statement that he went on a battle with the second team. He said that the Australian U22 team has several outstanding players from European and Australian local clubs, and they have sufficient playing time in their respective clubs, so they are very competitive. The

rules require that each team participating in the U23 Asian qualifiers will be registered at most 23 people, so Vidmar must subtract one from the existing 24-man lineup by September 1. Enjoy the schedule. The Australian U22 team will face the host China U22 team on September 9. This is also the last round of the group stage and will likely become the top battle that determines the results of the competition in this group.

source:7m vn1