{"id":85972,"date":"2017-09-24T04:33:45","date_gmt":"2017-09-24T04:33:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swn.af\/lib\/futsal-afghanistan-set-to-face-iran-at-aimag-2017\/"},"modified":"2017-09-24T04:33:45","modified_gmt":"2017-09-24T04:33:45","slug":"futsal-afghanistan-set-to-face-iran-at-aimag-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swn.af\/archive\/futsal-afghanistan-set-to-face-iran-at-aimag-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"Futsal: Afghanistan set to face Iran at AIMAG 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"

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ASHGABAT (SW): Afghanistan has cruised through to the semi-final of the futsal competitions at the ongoing Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games (AIMAG) 2017 in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan.<\/p>\n

In the nail-biting quarter-final, Afghanistan beat the host Turkmenistan 6-5 in the penalty shootouts. Thousands of locals were supporting the host team, yet the Afghans managed to hold their nerves and emerged victorious in this key game.<\/p>\n

Both teams remained 4-4 neck and neck in the first half of the game. In the second half, Afghanistan took the lead in the 5th<\/sup> minute which was again equalized by Turkmenistan two minutes later. This led the game to be decided in the penalty shootouts.<\/p>\n

Afghanistan’s defenders managed to repulse a number of promising goal opportunities created by the opponents. A number of decisions by the match referee were also seen in favor of the hosts.<\/p>\n

Afghanistan would now face Iran in the semi-final at 04:30pm Afghanistan time. A victory in this game would ensure a silver medal and place in the final for a possible gold.<\/p>\n

In billiard, Afghanistan’s Saleh Mohammad and Mohammad Raees grabbed a bronze medal by defeating opponents from Hong Kong. The Afghans, however, failed to defeat their Iranian opponents in the next round for silver.<\/p>\n

ENDS<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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