The reporter reported coldly In the first game of the U20 Asian Cup, the Australian national youth team, the favorite to qualify for Group A, led Kyrgyzstan by 4 goals in half an hour, showing strong strength. Australia clearly held on in the second half and won 5-1. In this big win, the foreign players of the Australian national youth team played an important role, and the striker Jovanovic who plays for Adelaide United is also a key opponent to watch out for.

In this campaign, the Australian national youth team mainly played the 4132 formation, and the entire central axis was filled with foreign players. Goalkeeper Hall plays for Brighton & Hove Albion in the Premier League, while centre-back Esposito plays as a regular in the Serie A team Lecce. Queen's Park Rangers Benny of the Championship plays at right-back, while defender Okon Engelst is in the Portuguese Super League for Benfica and Moussa Toure previously plays for Clermont in Ligue 2. Compared to Kyrgyzstan, which lacked experience in high-level league and international competitions, the Australian team seized the opportunity in the first half hour and used their physical advantage to continue to attack the Kyrgyz defence.

The Kangaroos' team played well in this game: the goal in the opening four minutes was instigated by a long ball from Esposito, the second goal was scored by Benny from behind, and then Moussa Toure showed his killer qualities, then completed a clever follow-up shot in front of goal and an in-cut blast after eating the opponent raw after one-on-one - the Liberian-born striker previously played for Adelaide United in the Australian Super League, joined Clermont in Ligue 2 last summer, and made two Ligue 2 appearances in the first team, but more often for Team B. In February of this year, he moved to Danish club Landas.

Moussa Toure made the double and the Australian youth team was the standout man of his team-mate at Adelaide, Luka Jovanovic. The Serbian-born attacker has three seasons of experience in the top flight of the Australian Super League, contributing 11 goals and two assists in 46 appearances and scoring four goals in 12 appearances this season.

Australia's first goal was Jovanovic receiving a long pass from Esposito, using his physical advantage to carry Kyrgyzstan's captain Kidil Shayev, and then deftly got rid of another central defender, Nastaev, who was on the backguard, and scored with precision. In the 26th minute, it was he who cut inside after facing Kidir Sayyaf one-on-one, causing the opponent's goalkeeper to save the ball, and won a good opportunity for Moussa Toure to shoot in front of the goal; In the 61st minute of the second half, it was Moussa Toure who "reciprocated" by shooting hard in the box to create a follow-up opportunity for Jovanovic, who outflanked in front of the goal to make the score 5-0.

The two former Adelaide United teammates not only showed a tacit understanding of successive relay shots in this game, but also handed over a high-scoring answer sheet for their single-point explosion, contributing 4 of the team's 5 goals. In addition to the two efficient strikers, left winger Bardorato has also played in the Australian Super League at Western Sydney Wanderers and set up Benny's second goal in this game. At least half of the main squad of the Australian team have rich experience in first-team games, and how to avoid being washed out on the side like Kyrgyzstan at the beginning is an issue that the U20 national football team must pay attention to.

The collapse performance of conceding four goals in a row in the first half of the hour forced the Kyrgyzstan coach to replace the captain of the Liuyang central defender Kidir Shayev who was blown up by the opponent after halftime. Due to the reservations of the Australian team, they made personnel adjustments in five positions in a row from 60 minutes to 72 minutes, and successively replaced Benny, Moussa Toure, and Engelst, and Kyrgyzstan took the initiative in the second half and created more scoring opportunities. But the few times that really came close to scoring were all made by the Australian defenders.

Looking at the stats alone, Kyrgyzstan even had more shots on goal than Australia, with eight shots on target, but Australia's ability to take chances was significantly stronger. Despite the individual quality of the Australian strikers, this does not mean that Kyrgyzstan are really so vulnerable, and the lack of experience in the opening game and the early conceded goals were the reasons for their rapid collapse in the half-hour, and the Kyrgyzstan defence was physically strong but lacked pace, which happened to be shorted by the Australian striker.

Compared with the Panda Cup in November last year, this time the Kyrgyzstan team not only changed from 352 to 442, but the starting lineup has also changed greatly because of the addition of three foreign players, but in addition to the left winger Almazbekov scored a penalty, the performance of the two central defenders in the Liuyang trio was a disaster. In the second round against the U20 national football team, in order to pursue victory, Kyrgyzstan's offensive tactics are expected to be more aggressive, and if the national youth team can grasp the opponent's weak right side defense like Australia, it may have good results.