The group round of the 2019 Asian Football Confederation Cup (AFC) ended.
The current champion of the country - the team of the Agency "Türkmenaragatnaşyk" of the Ministry of Industry and Communication of Turkmenistan - "Altyn Asyr" - according to the results of six matches held, took first place in Group D and will continue to fight for the AFC Cup, reaching the interzonal semi-final.
The statistics of the football club from Turkmenistan are as follows: the team has ten points scored after two victories and four matches played in a draw. The difference between the goals scored and missed is three, seven goals the Altyn Asyr players scored from their group and three times the ball was in the net of our goal.
We offer to recall how the group round of the current AFC Cup for the team of Turkmen telecommunications workers was formed.
The first match for Altyn Asyr was held on April 3 in Bishkek at the Dordoi Stadium, where Turkmen football players hosted the local football club Dordoy-Dinamo. The meeting ended in a productive draw, both teams sent one goal to the opponents' goal.
Exactly two weeks later, Altyn Asyr examined the most eminent and star club in Tajikistan, Istiklol. The result of the match is 1: 1.
On April 30, the Turkmen football players went on a visit to another Tajik club - Khujand. And again, a draw is the third in a row. This time - zero.
Well, on May 15, when Altyn Asyr acted as a host for Khujand in Ashgabat, the game advantage was on the side of Turkmen athletes, who controlled the game and won the game with a score of 1: 0. The outcome of the meeting could have been much more productive for the Turkmen telecommunications operators, but football happiness on this day was not entirely on the side of Ashgabat. And the game of the goalkeeper "Khujand" was impressive.
On June 19, Ashgabat won a major victory over Dordoi-Dinamo - 3: 1. Thus, before the final meeting on the road with the formidable Istiklol, the Altyn Asyr football players with nine points in the asset did not have to lose, which they did. The result of the match held on June 26 - 1: 1. Both goals were scored in the second half of the meeting and, despite all the efforts, the players from Tajikistan did not manage to win such a necessary victory for them.
Thus, the current champion of Turkmenistan in the dispute over the ticket to the next round of the AFC-2019 Cup is ahead of the Tajik champion and occupies the first line in the table of group D, which can not but rejoice football professionals and just fans of this sport.
Last year's participation in the Altyn Asyr football club in the AFC-2018 Cup final and the current, fairly confident way out of the group indicate a stable, constructive, thoughtful and spectacular game of the Turkmen signalers.
Recall that the interzonal semi-finals will be held August 20-21 and September 10-11, the finals - September 25 and October 2, well, the finals of the Asian Football Confederation Cup this year will be held on November 2.
