Turkmen soccer team defeats Emirati club

Soccer clubs from Turkmenistan and the UAE met in Sharjah. The tournament of the training camp ended with the score 3:1 in favor of the Turkmenistan team. This was reported by the Internet publication "Turkmenistan: Golden Age".

This match was the final one in the first stage of preparation for the World Cup-2026. Over the past week, the Turkmen national team has already played three friendly matches. As previously reported, the Turkmen lost to the Malaysians with a score of 0:1, and then played a draw with the soccer club "Haur-Fakkan" at the training camp in the United Arab Emirates.

The best coach of Turkmenistan in 2022, Mergen Orazov, is preparing the Turkmen national team for the 2026 FIFA World Cup. Recall that Turkmenistan's opponents at the World Cup 2026 will be determined after the draw, i.e. already this spring. The games of the first stage will be held in the fall of this year.