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KABUL, Afghanistan (SW): A heroic welcome has been planned for the Afghan Under-15 Football Team that beat Uzbekistan to become Central Asian Football Federation (CAFA) Champion.
The team would land at Kabul’s Hamid Karzai International Airport on Monday. At the CAFA final match last night, Afghanistan managed to pull a 3-2 victory. Hosted by Tajikistan, teams from FIFA’s Central Asian zone including Tajikistan, Afghanistan, Turkmenistan, Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan took part in this championship. Iran decided not to take part.
The final match between Afghanistan and Uzbekistan was an eventful affair with both sides playing positive and aggressive football. The Afghans secured an early lead thanks to Samir Samandari’s goal only 7 minutes into the game. Uzbekistan tried hard to level the score before the halftime, and ultimately succeeded in the 38th minute.
In the second half, Afghanistan pulled another goal to refresh its lead with goal by Tamim Mirzada in the 63rd minute of the game. Coached by veteran footballer Syed Hadi Kazimi, Afghanistan remained dominant in the second half with the third goal by Syed Asghar Hussaini in the 80th minute of the game. As the Afghans relaxed a bit with a clear margin, Uzbekistan sneaked through to score their second goal in the 82nd minute, but failed to go beyond that.
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