“Afghanistan’s under-17 national football team faced Uzbekistan in the final match of the Central Asian Nations Cup series and won the championship with the defeat of this team with a score of 1-0.
Kabul 24: This game started at 7:30 on Saturday night, 3 Samblah in the central stadium of Dushanbe, the capital of Tajikistan, and ended with the victory of the Afghan team.
The only goal of this match was scored by Azmuddin Hajizadeh in the 28th minute of the game.
Elias Ahmed Manouchehr’s students started the game with spirit and aggression and won most of the head-to-head battles in the first half. Afghanistan team played with one striker like in previous matches.
Afghanistan tried to move the ball to the sides and especially use the speed and good individual technique of its own player number 20, Azamuddin Hajizadeh.
A tactic that was effective and this player, who had a brilliant day after creating some serious threats on the opponent’s goal, finally left the defender in front of him with a beautiful technical and personal move from the left side and after carrying the long ball, with a The accurate shot sent the ball into the corner of Uzbekistan’s goal.
The Uzbekistan team mostly tried to target Afghanistan’s defenders by sending long balls. But due to the vigilance of Afghanistan’s defenders and goalkeepers, the Uzbekistan team could not take advantage of their opportunities.
Afghanistan won the first half, and in the second half, they mostly tried to control the game and look for counterattacks, and they got some good opportunities. But the players could not score the second goal.
In the end, this game ended with one goal in favor of Afghanistan, and the Afghan youths became Kafa champions.
Previously, Afghanistan was grouped with Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan in Group (A), and the defeat of both mentioned teams led to the final stage.
Afghanistan also did not concede any goals in all these competitions.
This is the first time that the Afghan football team wins this tournament. Last year, Afghanistan lost in the semi-finals and finished third.
