Goals to Ben Folami and Joshua Cavallo gave the Aussies a 2-0 half-time lead at Pasir Gudang Stadium, before Muhammad Yusof pulled a goal back for the hosts with less than 10 minutes remaining.

Ante Milicic's Young Socceroos only arrived in Southeast Asia on Sunday, but they started strongly in humid conditions, with Ipswich Town forward Folami striking to give them a 1-0 lead after 13 minutes.

That lead was doubled in the shadows of half-time, when Melbourne City midfielder Joshua Cavallo scored in the 41st minute, before Johor's 19-year-old striker Yusof gave them hope of salvaging a draw when he found the back of the net nine minutes from time.

Despite far from ideal playing conditions at a decidedly damp Shah Alam Stadium, the visiting Emiratis – AFC U-19 Championship winners in 2008 – took the lead on seven minutes through Ahmed Fawzi.

Not to be outdone however, Malaysia, who were recently crowned AFF U-19 champions, ensured a share of spoils when Zafuan Azeman fired home a 79th minute equaliser.

Maulana, 18, is among the best known players in Indra Sjafri's squad, having signed for Poland's Lechia Gdansk amid much fanfare in March after he burst onto the scene during Indonesia's appearance at the world-renowned Toulon Tournament last summer

The diminutive Maulana, who netted a tournament-best eight goals at last year's AFF U-19 Youth Championship, has already appeared three times for Indonesia's senior national team, making his debut against Brunei last December.

Despite starting brightly at the Wibawa Mukti Stadium in Cikarang, Indonesia, who will host the AFC U-19 Championship’s latest edition, fell behind in the 37th minute when livewire forward Al Hamdan was afforded too much time and space before thundering home a shot from fully 25 yards.

Roared on by vocal home support, Indra Sjafri’s charges wasted little time in drawing level however, Saddil Ramdani matching the quality of the game’s opening goal with a spectacular strike of his own in first half stoppage-time.

Iredale, who plays for another Dutch side SC Heerenveen, was in the last Socceroos team camp while Pasquali is a bright prospect who made his A-League debut aged 16.

Also included in the squad are A-League players Nathaniel Atkinson (Melbourne FC) and Apostolos Stametelopoulos (Adelaide United).

The Young Socceroos recently completed a training camp on the Sunshine Coast in Queensland and will travel to Singapore on Sunday to continue their build-up to the tournament.

Only 11 players, including Sagan Tosu forward Kyosuke Tagawa, remain from the squad which breezed through qualifying with successive wins over Mongolia, Singapore and Thailand late last year.

The Japanese attack will also feature Takefusa Kubo, who starred at the 2016 AFC U-16 Championship, scoring four goals as Japan reached the semi-finals.

A total 22 of the 23 players are on the books of professional clubs in Japan, with towering 18-year-old defender Kenedeiebusu Mikuni - a student at Aomori Yamada High School - the sole exception.

Indonesia, who will be hosting the prestigious tournament for the third time and having been crowned champions in 1961, will go up against United Arab Emirates, 2014 champions Qatar and Chinese Taipei in Group A.

Defending champions Japan, who earned their first title in the previous edition, will face Thailand, DPR Korea and Iraq, who have won the title five times in Group B.

Twelve-time champions Korea Republic, suffered heartbreak in 2016 when they narrowly missed out on the Knockout Stage due to goal difference, will be aiming to do better against Vietnam, Australia and Jordan in Group C.