Thu, 28 Oct, 2021
Kuala Lumpur: The-AFC.com has announced that JSW Bengaluru's Erik Paartalu sublime header against Altyn Asyr is the winner of this week’s Goal of the Week presented by Allianz for the 2018 AFC Cup after a public vote on the AFC’s official website.
Thu, 28 Oct, 2021
Bengaluru: Serdar Geldiyev praised Altyn Asyr’s game plan after the Turkmenistan side claimed a memorable 3-2 victory over India’s JSW Bengaluru in the AFC Cup Inter-Zone semi-final on Wednesday.
Altyn Asyr raced into a two-goal lead inside 25 minutes at Sree Kanteerava Stadium after goals from Vahyt Orazsakhedov and Altymyrat Annadurdyyev, before the former added a third almost immediately after the restart to give the hosts a mountain to climb.
Thu, 28 Oct, 2021
Bengaluru: Turkmenistan’s Altyn Asyr continued their unbeaten run in the 2018 AFC Cup by securing a valuable 3-2 away win over India’s JSW Bengaluru in the first leg of the Inter-Zone Semi-Finals on Wednesday.
The Turkmen side stunned their hosts with an early lead inside 11 minutes after Altymyrat Annadurdyyev’s cross from the left flank was headed away by Bengaluru defender Nishu Kumar into the path of Selim Nurmuradov, who delivered a chipped cross for Vahyt Orazsakhedov who was left with a simple header from point-blank range.
Bengaluru nearly equalised within five minutes when talisman Sunil Chhetri got on the end of a Miku cross, but goalkeeper Mamed Orazmuhamedov produced a stellar reflex save to deny Chhetri’s header.
Orazsakhedov turned from scorer to provider in the 25th minute as he sprayed the ball out on the left wing for Annadurdyyev, who cut inside into the box before beating goalkeeper Gurpreet Singh Sandu at his near post.
The forward’s seventh goal of the campaign took Altyn Asyr into the break with a precious 2-0 away lead.
Thu, 28 Oct, 2021
Singapore: Goals from Pak Myong-song and An Il-bom saw 4.25 SC put one foot in the AFC Cup Inter-Zone final following a 2-0 win over Home United in the first leg of the Inter-Zone Semi-finals on Tuesday.
In a match they dominated for long spells, DPR Korea’s 4.25 SC were unable to find the breakthrough in the opening half, but goals after the break from the hugely impressive Pak Myong-song and substitute An Il-bom look to have now put the East Zone champions in the driving seat ahead of next week’s second leg in Pyongyang.
The visitors did much of the early pressing and Han Song-hyok’s shot went close to opening the scoring on six minutes as he clipped the right post with a shot from distance.
There was more goal-mouth action again not long after as Home United’s goalkeeper Eko Pradana Putra failed to deal with a corner from the right and Pak’s header needed to be cleared off the line by a covering defender.
The hosts’ best chance of the first half came on the half-hour mark when Shahril Ishak sent Isaka Cernak down the right side of the area, but the Singapore international could only turn the return cutback wide of An Tae-song’s goal.