Afghan Voice Agency (AVA): The national team of the country presented a good game, especially from Mohammad Javad Safari, the goalkeeper, in the first half with Hamidreza Hosseini's single goal, but at the end of the second half, with The result was stopped one on one.
But in the first half of overtime, the country's national futsal team, in disbelief and due to the weakness of the defense line, received two goals in a very short period of time to see the resistance against the strong Paraguayan team lost for more than 40 minutes. In the following and especially in the second half of extra time, the Afghan national team tried hard, but they could not score a goal by crossing the defense line of the opponent team, and finally, this game was won by Paraguay national team with the result of 3:1. ended
Previously, the country's national futsal team, as one of the best teams in the third group stage of this tournament, had made it to the round of 16. The team reached this stage with one win against Angola and two losses against Argentina and Ukraine, and finally finished with one win and three losses at the Uzbekistan Futsal World Cup.
Definitely, this team with the abilities and capacities it showed, and the good coach it has, with more support, will definitely have a bright future waiting for it, and it can be mentioned as one of the emerging powers of Asia and the world. .
Mehdi Bayat, one of the coaches of the country's national team, said at the end of the match: Congratulations to the Paraguayan national team, they won on a day when they were not the best team in the field.
While thanking the Afghan fans who came to the venue of the match and changed the atmosphere of the match, he said: We conceded the first goal based on our inexperience, but before and after that we were the best team. Unfortunately, no matter how hard we tried, we couldn't make up for the goal, and we conceded two more goals in overtime. In these conditions and with young players, it is very difficult to come back after conceding two goals, but we did our best, and I hope the people were satisfied.
Mr. Bayat said about the future of Afghanistan futsal: The future of this team is definitely very bright. Considering the talents that this team has and the investments that it has, I am sure that, God willing, it will easily advance to the World Cup in the next years, and God willing, it will go even higher than this stage.