The bitter defeat of Afghanistan national futsal team against Tajikistan

Afghan Voice Agency (AVA): At the end of the first half of this game, which was accompanied by the brilliance of the goalkeepers of both teams, Tajikistan took the lead with an own goal by Afghan player Hosseinpour, but at the beginning of the second half, with a spectacular goal by Farzad. Mahmoudi, the game was tied.
In the following, the players of the country's national team could not take advantage of the dismissal of a Tajik player, and finally this match ended with a 1-1 draw at the end of legal time.
In the second half of the extra time, Tajikistan finally scored a penalty kick from Sardarov, and after that, Afghanistan showed everything they could to score an equalizing goal, but the spectacular performance of the Tajik goalkeeper did not result.
Finally, this game ended with a result of 2-1 in favor of Tajikistan.
If Afghanistan wins this game, it will go to the semi-final stage and also qualify for the World Cup.
But despite this, Afghanistan, under the leadership of Mojtaba Mortezaei, its powerful Iranian head coach, was one of the strongest teams in this round of the Asian Nations Cup, and while powerful countries such as Japan and Saudi Arabia were eliminated in the first round of this tournament, they won Against the crisis, he was able to advance to the quarter-finals of the Asian Nations Cup for the first time.
According to experts, Afghanistan could not win against Tajikistan due to lack of experience and missing many opportunities, while it had displayed a superior game.
A few months ago, Afghanistan and Tajikistan played together in the Central Asia (CAF) tournament and reached a 2-2 draw. Also, our country's national futsal team had defeated Tajikistan a week before the start of the Asian Nations Cup.
In another match of the semi-finals of the Asian Nations Cup, the Iranian team faced Kyrgyzstan, and the result was a 2-1 victory until the end of the first half.