Garang Kuol was handed a 'big test' on his full A-League debut and registered an assist ahead of his Newcastle United transfer. The Australian wonderkid featured for 67 minutes as Central Coast Mariners earned a comeback 2-1 victory over Sydney FC on Saturday.
Paulo Retre fired the visitors into an early lead at Gosford Stadium, but the Mariners turned the match around before the break with a quickfire double. Marco Tulio headed home a teasing Kuol delivery, before Dan Hall scored what proved to be the winner just three minutes later.
Kuol proved a constant menace to opposing full-back Diego Caballo, and almost scored with his final touch of the contest as his curled effort went narrowly wide. The teenager has three matches left with the A-League club before making the move to the Magpies next month.
