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Wales face hosts Hungary in their first appearance in the finals of major tournament at age group level for forty one years tonight when their Under 17s, featuring a healthy representation from Cardiff City, kick off at 7 o clock.
I'm sure the game will be streamed somewhere - anyone got a link?
Streamed on the BBC website: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/live/football/65525270
The qualifiers were all live on Sgorio's Youtube channel
Saw the itinery for this yesterday. I didn't realise there were more staff than players going.
Wouldn't shock me if that was the case for every international squad once you factor in coaches, media, physios, officials etc. This squad is also smaller than the usual senior squadQuote:
Originally Posted by WJ99mobile
Lots of City representation, 7 current players as well as Biancheri & Crew. Add in Swansea's Morgan and you've got 10 players who spent at least some time in our academy (that we know of!)
:thumbup:Quote:
Originally Posted by City123
That's tonight's viewing sorted then.:wales:
We're up there with Barcelona! https://twitter.com/FTalentScout/sta...97140972302337Quote:
Originally Posted by City123
They should be ready just in time to give us a cracking walking football team.Quote:
Originally Posted by Undercoverinwurzelland
We are the Welsh Barca after all!Quote:
Originally Posted by Undercoverinwurzelland
https://twitter.com/Cymru/status/165...297589249?s=20
City's Josh Beecher, Dylan Lawlor & Troy Perrett start alongside the poached duo of Crew & Biancheri
Big test for them tonight against the hosts, Poland beat Ireland 5-1 in the group opener earlier. Poland are a very good side, beat England and Belgium 5-0 in the past year
0-0 after half an hour, two great chances for Wales
Fantastic atmosphere from the hosts, real test this
We should be ahead, missed a great headed chance and we’ve hit the post.
The three City lads doing well.
Playing some good stuff, feels like the attackers could be a little sharper with some of their movement. Hatch in particular perhaps not at the same level as the othersQuote:
Originally Posted by the other bob wilson
Ah! Another chance missed as I type, lovely ball in from Beecher
1-0 Hungary, that's what happens when you don't take your chances! Wales completely on top and going in 1-0 down
1-0 to Hungary against the run of play - deflected shot. They’re the bigger and more powerful side, but we look more talented.
Agree about our front three though, we’re not sharp enough up front and it was similar in the Elite qualifying round.
I'm obviously biased, but Beecher & Lawlor look good, as does Thomas of Manchester CityQuote:
Originally Posted by the other bob wilson
Biancheri not gotten into the game at all
Second half not sounding so promising 🥲
Finished 3-0, Wales were competitive, but had no cutting edge.
Difn't catch the second half but the first was reminiscent of the qualifiers, crrated plenty but not clinical enoughQuote:
Originally Posted by the other bob wilson
Still a great experience that they'll be all the better for - you don't want youth games to define a player's career
https://twitter.com/Cymru/status/165...899146752?s=20
Cardiff's Luke Armstrong, Luey Giles, Dylan Lawlor, Cody Twose & Troy Perrett starting against Ireland.
Interesting to see Armstrong being chosen over the one time Man City bound Benjamin.Quote:
Originally Posted by City123
Just gone 1 down to a twice taken and twice saved pelanty, second one scored on the rebound
2-0: this could get quite messy.
Ended 3-0. Fair to say this tournament has been a bit of a disappointment, still a great achievement to qualify and hopefully this is a good learning experience
Didn’t Benjamin go to Man City? I thought he did.Quote:
Originally Posted by the other bob wilson
Nope it didn’t happen.Quote:
Originally Posted by 2b2bdoo
Oh.Quote:
Originally Posted by bluesp
I always got confused because we have Benjamin the defender and goalkeeper, I assumed the keeper went to Man City
He went, then he unwent.Quote:
Originally Posted by 2b2bdoo
I thought he (Lewys Benjamin the goalkeeper) was always supposed to stay with us until the summer after signing for Man City but I think something happened with the medical and the signing was never completed. Although he doesn't appear on any of the club site's team pages.
He's an U16, none of them have bios on the club website.Quote:
Originally Posted by jon1959
The reports in February saying he was on the verge of signing for Man City said he was 17. I expected to see him on the u18 team profiles. I think I remember him being on the bench for an u18 match earlier in the year, and he was in the squad for the u18 win over Burnley at the end of April.Quote:
Originally Posted by AdrianAlston
https://www.tribalfootball.com/artic...njamin-4445882
https://www.cardiffcityfc.co.uk/news...ty-2-0-burnley
I think this is a case of the club not being very good at communication or updating their team pages.
Trust me, he's an U16. Same age as Troy Perrett. He's a 2006 birth year and therefore cannot play for the Wales U16's (like Perrett). International football age groups are now done on calender years, whilst domestic football is done on school years or seasons. Therefore kids who are born between September and December have to play a year up at international level.Quote:
Originally Posted by jon1959
Benjamin, Perrett, Osian Rees, Debono (and Biancheri) are all U16's at school and domestically but fall into the U17 category at international level. By the way the article is wrong, Benjamin is age 16.