Bunyodkor: Turkmenistan came back from a goal down to register a historic 2-1 win over 10-man Iran in Group A of AFC U23 Asian Cup Uzbekistan 2022 on Saturday.
Turkmenistan’s Arzuvguly Sapargulyyev cancelled out Alireza Bavieh’s opener before Ahmet Teymur Charyyev scored the winner as the debutants bounced back from their opening day defeat against Uzbekistan to record their first ever victory in the tournament.
Iran raced off the blocks from the referee’s first blow of the whistle and almost caught Turkmenistan napping in the first minute when Mohammad Ghorbani found space before setting up Yasin Salmani, whose shot from the top of the box was blocked.
Rasul Charyyev was called into action in the eighth minute when he comfortably saved Amirali Sadeghi’s left footed drive from inside the six-yard-box after Erfan Shahriari had done well in setting up the chance.
(Source: AFC Media)
