Afghanistan's National Futsal Team Qualified for the World Cup with Third-Generation Immigrant Players
In the 39th minute, Afghanistani immigrant Mehran Gholami managed to score the fifth goal for Afghanistan. Kyrgyzstan compensated for one of the goals in the final seconds
According to Mohajir Times: The national futsal teams of Afghanistan and Kyrgyzstan met in Thailand today, Sunday, April 18, 2024, from 8:30 a.m. world time zone, to determine the last quota of the Asian continent to participate in the 2024 World Cup, and this game resulted in 5 by 3 ended in favor of Afghanistan.
The Afghanistan national futsal team, which is mainly composed of skilled players of the third generation of Afghanistani immigrants living in Iran, in this match, the Afghanistan futsal team was able to shoot its opponent with a goal by Mr. Qanbari and went to the locker room with a victory in the first half. At the beginning of the second half, Afghanistan was the best team on the ground as well and the players of this team shot the crossbar several times, but this team was finally able to achieve success for the second time with Mehran Gholami's goal shot.
Nevertheless, Kyrgyz players, who thought the World Cup was lost, managed to make up for one of the goals in the 30th minute. In the 31st minute, Akbar Kazemi managed to score the third goal of Afghanistan into the goal of the Kyrgyzstan team. In the 35th minute, while the Kyrgyz players were on the power play and were attacking with 5 players, the ball reached the Afghanistan players and Mehdi Nowruzi took advantage of this opportunity and opened the opponent's empty goal with a heavy shot. In the 37th minute, the Kyrgyz team was able to reduce this difference to 2 goals.
In the 39th minute, Afghanistani immigrant Mehran Gholami managed to score the fifth goal for Afghanistan. Kyrgyzstan compensated for one of the goals in the final seconds, so that this match finally resulted in the victory of the Afghanistan futsal team with the result of 5 by 3. However, the Afghanistan national futsal team, along Iran, Thailand, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan, won the permission to participate in the 2024 World Cup as the last quota of the Asian continent.
Mehran Gholami, who is a well-known star from the Afghanistan immigrant and refugee community in the Afghanistan national futsal team. Before this, he scored Afghanistan's first goal in the futsal Asian Cup in the match of Afghanistan futsal team against Iran. Gholami, who is one of the best Afghanistani players, is in Afghanistan national futsal team, and he has always shone in many futsal matches. Mehran Gholami's first goal against Iran registered his name as the first goal scorer of Afghanistan in the history of futsal in Asia.
Finally, the 2024 World Cup qualifying play-offs were held in the continuation of the Asian Nations Cup, according to its rules, the top 4 Asian Nations Cup teams that advanced to the semi-finals can participate in the World Cup.
