We need to forget the last game: "Akhal" suffered a defeat from "Merv"

May 23, Mary, /Arzuw NEWS/. Within the framework of the 10th round of the Higher League of the Turkmenistan Football Championship, Mary "Merv" hosted "Akhal" at the "home" stadium "Sport Desga". The match, which ended with an unexpected result of 3:0 in favor of the home team, gathered over three thousand spectators.

We had a few good chances in the first fifteen minutes, but we failed to convert them into goals.

- Artur Gevorgyan, captain of FC "Akhal", told Arzuw.news after the match.

The outcome of the match was decided by two standards, which were successfully implemented by our opponents in a few minutes. In the second half, our team strongly pressed, taking advantage of this, the Mary team on the counterattack scored the third goal. Now we need to pull ourselves together and quickly forget the game.
We have a task to win the championship, so we will work on our mistakes and correct unrealized moments - said Gevorgyan.

Perman Khallyev opened the scoring in the 30th minute with an accurate free kick. Eight minutes later, the Mary footballer made a double. In the 61st minute the course of the match could have changed dramatically due to the penalty kick in the gate of "Merv", but Elman Tagaev, who came to the ball, failed to cope with his task. In the last minute of the main time Alibek Abdurakhmanov, thanks to a swift counterattack, brought the score to a smashing.

Merv defender Rasim Gereykhanov told why the Mary club managed to beat the vice-champion of the country:

Correctly executed tactical settings set by the coach are the main reason for today's victory. In the second half, with two goals scored, we tried to play more defensive soccer and scored the third goal.

In parallel matches, Ashgabat defeated Mary Energetik with a minimum score, and Kopetdag of the capital lost to Balkanabad's Nebitchi 2-1. The match between the capital's Altyn Asyr and Turkmenbashi's Shagadam was postponed by the Football Federation of Turkmenistan to June 17.

Thus, at the end of ten rounds of the tournament table, having scored 18 points, is headed by "Altyn Asyr", ahead of "Akhal", coming next, only by additional indicators. The third place is occupied by "Shagadam" with 15 points. It should be emphasized that all three clubs have one game in reserve.