Nike's daily scouting report for day one of training on Thursday in London has been released and it's good news for Australia with the skilful central midfielder making a positive impression on the Nike head coaches, which include former Leeds United youth team mentor Paul Hart and head coach Huw Jennings.

"It has been a good day today, full of hard work and challenging drills, which have really tested the players technical abilities," said Jennings.

The positive feedback is all the more meritorious given Rogic had a niggling back injury leading into day one of training and pulled up with a calf injury during the afternoon session.

"It has been a good first opportunity for myself and the coaching team to see the players in action and we have various players who have made an impression, showing good technical ability and skill in a game situation.

"However no-one's spot is secured and everything is still very much to play for," he said.

Special guest and Nike Academy supporter Arsene Wenger told Nike the first day of the three day trial was to help ascertain some basics of each player and for each.

"The first day of training focused on close ball control work which is part of the foundation to elite level play.

"Every player was watched closely by the coaches looking for an excellent level of composure on the ball, athlete ability and consistency throughout the day.

"This was the first opportunity for every player to make a statement of intent and the dedication was evident throughout training today."

The prize on offer is eight full-time contracts at Nike's Academy in London, where the winners will have access to a professional training environment with high quality facilities and coaching.

The Barclays Premier League supports the Nike academy and they benchmark their high performance program with games against BPL reserve teams and other academy sides.

The Chance is a global search for elite amateur players around the world giving them an opportunity to showcase their talent and offer insight into the mindset and physical demands of the professional game.

SCOUTING REPORT
A dimension of expectation was added when the players received an unexpected visit from two of the best coaches in the world, both renowned for developing youth talent, Arsene Wenger and Guus Hiddink. Each manager took the time to walk the field, meet the players and offer candid words of advice to help prepare them for the challenges ahead.

Below are just some of the players that caught the eyes of the coaches on day one.

Western Europe: From the crop of Western European players there were a number who made an instant impact catching the eye of the coaches and scouts. Among them were French central defender, Mathieu Pironnet, Belgian left midfielder, Fabio Tonini and UK's Peter Wedgeworth, who performed particularly well in the afternoon game situations.

Central & Eastern Europe: Turkish midfielder, Orkun Dervisler, stood out in the Central European group for his good dribbling and strength in possession, as too did Slovenian Dezso Gerenscer, who demonstrated good passing in the afternoon game situation drills.

Asia Pacific: Australian midfielder Tomas Rogic, Korean Seon-Min Moon and Japanese Striker Roberto Kinoshita all showed they had good technical ability in both the morning and afternoon training sessions, which didn't go unnoticed by the coaches and scouts.