Ryan Kitto of Australia during the AFC U-22 Championship match against Kuwait. Source: Francois Nel / Getty Images
COACH Aurelio Vidmar's 1-0 Olyroos win over Kuwait had a distinctive SA flavour when Ryan Kitto jagged the winner on Monday.
The South Australian-born former Reds boss blooded Adelaide- products, Adelaide United's Kitto, reserve keeper John Hall and Melbourne Heart's Stefan Mauk in the starting XI to help get the Olyroos off to a perfect Group C start at the AFC under-22 championship in Oman.
Jake Barker-Daish made up Adelaide United's starting contingent.
Kitto scored his debut Olyroos international goal midway through the second half when he put the ball past Kuwait keeper Sulaiman Abdulghafoorn after a perfect assist from Mauk.
Ryan Ryan Kitto of Australia. Source: Getty Images
Vidmar was pleased with Kitto's performance declaring the West Torrens Birkalla product had a blinder after scoring.
"Ryan Kitto was a different player after the goal,'' Vidmar said.
"There were a lot of good performances all over the park.
"Our defence was very good and the goalkeeper and central midfielders worked very hard."
Vidmar was pleased with the Australian's opening to the clash but declared the side needed some fine tuning.
A 10th minute save from Hall and Oman hitting the woodwork twice ensured the Olyroos kept a clean sheet.
Ryan Kitto (L) of Australia competes for the ball with Ahmad Rashed (R) of Kuwait. Source: Getty Images
"I'm very happy with the win,'' Vidmar said.
"Although we started the game quite strongly in the first 15 minutes, we lost our way for much of the first half.
"In the second half we controlled the game for long periods and dominated possession.
"The players were nervous at the beginning, but once that period was over their confidence grew."
Vidmar is using the tournament as a warm up to next year's Asian Football Confederation's Olympic Games qualifiers which will have the same groups format.
With a 2016 Rio Olympic Games berth at stake Vidmar has stated that he needed to test players in an international environment before the qualifiers after the Olympic team failed to qualify for the 2012 London Games.
Australia now heads the group after the opening round when Japan and Iran drew 3-3.
The Olyroos face Iran tonight at the Royal Oman Police Stadium, Muscat before meeting Japan on Thursday night to complete its group stage commitments.
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