AVA - Afghanistan beat Turkmenistan in U-20 Championship

Afghanistan have defeated Turkmenistan 2-1 in their first game of the 2023 CAFA U-20 Championship in Tajikistan.

Afghan Voice Agency (AVA)_Monitoring, The match was held at CSKA Stadium in Tajikistan capital Dushanbe.

The first goal of the match was scored by Afghanistan’s Farhad Alizada. Turkmenistan equalized shortly after that goal.

Turkmenistan were awarded a penalty kick, but could not score it, thanks to brilliant save from Afghanistan goalkeeper Faisal Saeed Khel.

Afghanistan scored their second goal in the second half with kick from Enayatullah Kohi who entered the field as a substitute.

Afghanistan will meet hosts Tajikistan in their next match of the tournament on Monday.