(Dan Tri) - Defeating Saudi Arabia in a penalty shootout in the final match taking place tonight (March 1), U20 Australia was crowned champion of the U20 Asian Championship for the first time.
The final match of the 2025 AFC U20 Championship took place in Shenzhen, China. The match between two very strong teams, Saudi Arabia and Australia, was extremely tense.
The match between U20 Australia and U20 Saudi Arabia was very dramatic (Photo: AFC).
Agosti opened the scoring for U20 Australia in the 24th minute. Badolato crossed the ball for Agosti. The player from the kangaroo team turned and shot the ball, beating Saudi Arabia goalkeeper Hamed Yousef, scoring to give Australia a 1-0 lead.
However, the young Australian players could not maintain the lead until the end of the first half. In the second minute of injury time of the first half, Saudi Arabia scored an equalizer.
In this situation, Haji of Saudi Arabia put the ball into the Australian net. Referee Hiroki Kasahara (Japanese) initially disallowed the goal.
U20 Australia won the U20 Asian Championship for the first time (Photo: AFC).
However, after consulting VAR technology, referee Hiroki Kasahara changed his mind, recognized this goal and U20 Saudi Arabia equalized the score 1-1.
No more goals were scored in the second half and two extra periods, the two sides tied 1-1 after 120 minutes of play. The two teams were forced to decide the winner by a penalty shootout.
In this penalty shootout, the young team from the land of kangaroos won dramatically 5-4, thereby winning the overall victory.
This is the first time U20 Australia has won the U20 Asian Championship. Meanwhile, U20 Saudi Arabia has not won the championship for the fourth time in the history of this tournament.
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