REPLAYS: Football Australia Girls National Youth Championships, Field 1, Day 5
On a dramatic day four teams were able to qualify for the under-15 and under-16 grand finals, which will be held on Monday. Check out the REPLAYS of the day here.
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A Kealah Boldery hat trick has powered Northern NSW into the U16 grand final after a thrilling 5-1 win over Victoria at pitch 1 of The Home of the Matildas.
The Newcastle Jets academy talent made a smooth tap-in from a cut back to bring up her hat trick in the 40th minute of the semi-final clash on Sunday.
Boldery’s fantastic game earned the praise of former Matildas coach and current Northern NSW U16 coach Greg Brown.
“She was brilliant, I mean she played full back yesterday, we can play her anywhere,” he said post-match.
Boldery has four goals from five games at the national tournament now.
Speaking minutes after her heroic performance, Boldery said she felt like her team “played so good” in the match.
“We kept the foot on the throat, we just kept going, we didn’t stop once and the three goals, I’m pretty happy with that,“ she told KommunityTV.
“I honestly did not expect to get a hat trick in the semi, I’m stoked with it.
“We got knocked out in the semis last year so I’m happy that we are going through to the grand final this year.”
Brown said he felt “really good” about his side following their emphatic win.
“I mean Victoria is a top side, obviously they are on top of their group so we knew it would be a tough game.
“We tried to match them up tactically and it worked perfectly.
“The girls put a great shift in, they worked really hard and we took our chances and that’s the most important thing.
“In games like this, when you get a chance, you got to put them away and we did that.
“They didn’t, they had a couple of chances, didn’t manage to put them all away, we did and they’re the fine lines.”
In the next game on pitch 1 in the other U16 semi-final, NSW Metro No. 11 Tiana Fuller brought up her hat trick inside the first 30 minutes as the team smashed Queensland Maroon 5-0.
NSW Metro will now take on Northern NSW in the under-16 final on Monday.
REPLAYS
NSW Metro v Northern NSW (U15 semi final)
Victoria Blue v Queensland Maroon (U15 semi final)
Football Victoria v Northern NSW (U16 semi final)
The under-15 final will be between NSW Metro and Queensland Maroon after two dramatic semi-finals.
NSW Metro defeated Northern NSW after the match went to penalties after 60 minutes.
Scores were deadlocked at 0-0 with neither team able to break through.
NSW Metro then held their nerve in the shootout, winning 4-2 after Northern NSW missed the first and third penalty.
The other contest saw Queensland prevail 2-1 against Victoria Blue.
The Maroons opened the scoring with just under 20 minutes to go before Victoria Blue immediately responded to level scores up again.
Queensland would take the lead again with seven minutes to go in the contest to seal the win and a grand final berth.
Both teams will face each other on Monday.
PREVIEW
NSW Metro, Northern NSW, Victoria and Queensland are left standing as the Football Australia National Youth Championships head towards an exciting climax on Sunday.
After some exciting U15 quarterfinals and U16 finals placement games on Saturday, including a penalty shootout, it’s time for the semi-finals – and there are some cracking contests in store.
In the U15s, NSW Metro kick off the day at 9.55am with a clash against Northern NSW before Victoria Blue take on Queensland Maroon at 11.20am.
Victoria and Northern NSW then take to the field for the first U16 semi-final at 12.45pm before NSW Metro end the day at 2.10pm with a clash against Queensland Maroon.
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Every match of the Football Australia Girls National Youth Championships will be exclusively live streamed on KommunityTV from July 3-8.
The boys tournament will also be exclusively live streamed from July 16-21.
Originally published as REPLAYS: Football Australia Girls National Youth Championships, Field 1, Day 5
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