Japanese Under 17 Squad From Nara-Ichijo FC visits the ACT

These opportunities don't come along often enough in our region. Go and see them play! 

Japanese touring side Nara-Ichijo FC from Canberra’s sister city of Nara arrived in the capital on Saturday morning for a series of fixtures.

Schedule

Monday 22nd March – v Canberra FC under-16 (Deakin Stadium), kick off 18:00

Monday 22nd March – v Canberra FC under-18 (Deakin Stadium), kick off 20:00

Tuesday 23rd March – v ACTAS (AIS), kick off 16:30

Tuesday 23rd March – v AIS (AIS), kick off 20:00

Wednesday 24th March – v CP HPP under-17 (Hawker Football Centre), kick off 16:00


The under-17 squad faces matches with Canberra FC (under-16 and under-18), ACTAS, AIS and Capital Football HPP under-17 following their opening match with Canberra Olympic. The tourists certainly put out a statement of intent in their opening fixture with a scarcely credible 20-1 annihilation of Olympic at Hawker Football Centre on Sunday morning.

Nara-Ichijo set the tone for the match by taking the lead inside ten seconds and did not let up for the whole ninety, relentlessly battering down Olympics’ resolve and clinically finishing any chances presented to them.

With a slick, attractive style of play, Nara-Ichijo FC are definitely worth a look at and spectators are encouraged to attend their remaining matches.

The match with Capital Football HPP under-17 will be played as a curtain-raiser to the men’s Project Coordination Federation Cup semi-finals double-header at Hawker Football Centre on Wednesday afternoon when the Peace Cup will be awarded to the winner.