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Kuwait beats Afghanistan 4-0 in World Cup bid

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5 months ago

November 22, 2023

(Last Updated On: November 22, 2023)

The Kuwaiti national football team secured a 4-0 victory against Afghanistan at Al-Ittifaq Club Stadium in Dammam, Saudi Arabia in the second round of the initial group matches in the joint qualifiers for the 2026 World Cup in the United States, Canada, and Mexico, as well as the 2027 Asian Cup in Saudi Arabia.

The Kuwait team earned its first three points in the group, bouncing back from an earlier setback in the opening round against India. Afghanistan meanwhile faced its second defeat, following a heavy loss to Qatar with a scoreline of 1-8.

With this victory, Qatar secured the top position in the group, amassing a total of 6 points. Their earlier 3-0 win against the Indian team propelled them to the leading spot, while the defeated Indian team fell to third place based on goal difference, trailing behind Kuwait.

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Asia must believe Afghanistan’s power in futsal: Mortezaei

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2 hours ago

April 27, 2024

Ariana News

(Last Updated On: April 27, 2024)

Majid Mortezaei, head coach of the country’s national futsal team, says Asia must believe that there is still a power called “Afghanistan” in futsal.

In a press conference on Saturday ahead of Afghanistan match against Kyrgyzstan, Mortezaei said the national team will do its best to go to the World Cup.

“Tomorrow, we will do our best to go to the World Cup. If it doesn’t happen, nothing will decrease from our values, because we have done many great things so far,” he said.

“Kyrgyzstan is a good team. They won against Japan. We have the experience of facing them in CAFA, but this Kyrgyzstan team is a different team,” he added.

According to Mortezaei, Afghan players have done intensive training and know how to play in difficult and sensitive conditions.

It should be noted that Afghan futsal team won 5-3 against Iraq on Friday.

The Kyrgyz team has also reached this stage of the competition by winning against Vietnam.

Afghanistan has a chance to advance to the Futsal World Cup 2024 by winning against Kyrgyzstan tomorrow (Sunday, April 28th).

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Attack Energy and Abu Muslim secure wins in respective ACL matches

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1 day ago

April 26, 2024

Ariana News

(Last Updated On: April 26, 2024)

Khurasan Faryab FC was thrashed 5-0 by Attack Energy FC in the 13th match of Afghanistan Champions League (ACL) in Kabul on Friday. In this match, a Nigerian football player for Attack Energy was named man of the match.

In the 14th match of today’s ACL, Abu Muslim Farah FC beat Aino Mina FC 2-1. Nematullah Karimi and Sohrab Afghan scored two goals in this game.

Tomorrow’s matches will see Sarsabz Yashlar FC take on Mawj Sahil FC at 1:00 PM, while Sorkh Poshan Khafi face Maiwand FC at 3:30 PM.

The matches are broadcast live on Ariana Television every day.