Tajikistan Beat The Netherlands 4-3 In A Friendly Futsal Match In Dushanbe
Tajikistan conclude their preparations for the FIFA Futsal World Cup 2024 with a victory over the Netherlands in their last friendly fixture in Dushanbe.
Both Tajikistan and the Netherlands played their final friendly game ahead of the FIFA Futsal World Cup 2024. The teams that looked minnows in front of Spain a couple of days back were on par and challenged each other right till the end of the game.
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Komron Aliev gave Tajikistan an early lead in the game after his powerful shot from the left flank was deflected from the Dutch goalkeeper’s hands and went into the goal. The Netherlands soon equalized, with Tevfik Ceyar scoring the 1st goal for the Dutch.
Nekruz Ali Ahmadov scored second goal for Tajikistan to give them the lead, but Ismail Ouaddouh’s brilliant dribbling move beating the goalkeeper helped the Netherlands equalize again.
The Dutch kept pressing, and it was Jordy Cretier who gave them the lead for the first time in the game, scoring at the end of the first half.
The Netherlands were in the lead half way through the second half. However, Faizali Sardorov scored on a penalty in the 12th minute to level the scores again, after Jordany Martinus was sent out for trying to stop a shot at goal with his elbow in the penalty area.
With only three minutes of play remaining in the game, Ayoub Boukhari committed a foul and Tajikistan were awarded a free shot from the double penalty mark, which the captain Dilshod Salomov converted easily to score the match-winning goal for his team.
Tajikistan vs Netherlands Futsal Match Highlights
Both teams will now head to Uzbekistan where they will take part in the FIFA Futsal World Cup 2024, starting September 14. Tajikistan will play Morocco, Portugal, and Panama in Group E on September 16, 19, and 22 respectively.
