The Subway Olyroos’ aspirations of reaching the AFC U23 Asian Cup Qatar 2024™ Quarter Finals and hopes of qualifying for the Paris Olympics have been dealt a blow following a frustrating 1-0 loss against Indonesia at the Abdullah bin Khalifa Stadium.
Tony Vidmar rung the changes from the 0-0 stalemate with Jordan with Jacob Italiano and Lucas Mauragis deployed at right-back and left-back respectively.
Keegan Jelacic featured in midfield, while it was a new-look front three with Mohamed Toure leading the line and partnered by Adrian Segecic and Nishan Velupillay.
After an exuberant start from the Indonesians, Australia were awarded a penalty following intervention from the Video Assistant Referee (VAR) over a handball in the area from Mohamed Toure’s curling shot.
Upon seeing a replay, the referee needed no further convincing and pointed to the spot…
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