Afghanistan’s National Futsal Team Deservedly Failed to Advance to Semi-Finals

Afghanistan’s national futsal team failed to advance to the semi-finals of the 2024 Asian Nations Cup by accepting defeat against Tajikistan.
This game, which was held today in the quarter-final round of this competition in Bangkok, Thailand, ended with a result of 2:1 in favor of the national team of Tajikistan. The national team of Tajikistan started the game with strength and dominated the game in the first minutes, but it was the worthy players of Afghanistan who quickly took over the pulse of the game and put pressure on their opponent. However, it was the Tajik team that scored the first goal of the game in the first half so that Afghanistan went to the locker room with a defeat. In the second half of the game, the Afghan players again presented a great show and scored the equalizer in Tajikistan’s goal and once again equalized everything.
While throughout the game, Afghanistan had many opportunities, but the players of this team could not use any of these opportunities and pave their way to victory. It seems that our players were under high mental pressure in this game, and because of this, they had lost their ability to concentrate to a great extent, but if they had been a little more careful, Afghanistan could have beaten Tajikistan by three to four goals and take it and reach the next stage with authority.
The game ended 1-1 in regular time and went to overtime.
The bad luck and inaccuracy of the players of our team continued until due to the inexperience and pressure of the game, the number of fouls by the Afghan players reached six and a penalty was presented to Tajikistan as a gift and became the country’s second goal. In the last minutes of the game, one of the Tajik players was sent off after receiving a red card, but the Afghan team could not take advantage of this opportunity and draw the game. Finally, the game ended with the same result of 2-1 in favor of Tajikistan, so that Afghanistan is denied from reaching the next stage.
Meanwhile, Afghanistan still has a chance to advance to the World Cup. Due to the fact that Uzbekistan has directly qualified as the host of the next World Cup, one of the four Asian quotas in this important competition should enter these games through the playoffs. This is now possible because Uzbekistan has defeated Vietnam.