Breaking News: Afghanistan’s Futsal Team Ties Kuwait in 2024 AFC Futsal Asian Cup Match

In an entertaining encounter on Saturday at the Hua Mark Indoor Stadium, Afghanistan held Kuwait to a 3-3 tie to earn their first point in the AFC Futsal Asian Cup Thailand 2024. Afghanistan gained control of the match and put pressure on Kuwait, testing goalie Mohammad Majeki with long-range efforts before opening the score in the second minute. Mahdi sent the ball to Akbar Kazemi, who assisted Farzad Mahmoodi, who was unmarked, in scoring. Kuwait failed to establish a rhythm, and in the sixth minute Majeki produced two outstanding stops to stop Gholami’s long-range set-piece attempts. Hussain Muhammadi, however, squandered a fantastic chance to tie the score when he missed a close-range attempt. But in the eleventh minute, Saleh Alfadhel’s perfectly placed ball to Naser Alalban, who rifled in the equalizer from just above the arc, eventually paid off, rewarding Kuwait’s patience. Afghanistan quickly became furious as their goalie, Muhammad Safari, let up a free kick at the top of the box in a risky position. As a result, Omar Almansour gave Kuwait the lead by narrowly missing the goal line with his attempt following Abdulrahman Altawail’s set-piece.

The Central Asian team attempted to tie the score in the last seconds of the half by using the power play, but Kuwait held strong to take the advantage into halftime. Afghanistan fought back in the second half, drawing even two minutes into the game. Reza Hussein Poor exchanged brief words with Mohammad Muradi before clinically finishing off a corner past a rooted Majeki. After gaining control on the left wing and cutting through the defense to set up Alfadhel, whose shot deflected off Sayed Husseini and into the back of the net, Kuwait quickly rallied and took the lead again a minute later. Afghanistan was awarded a penalty when Sulaiman Alomran was fouled, giving them an opportunity to tie the game. Just before the half-hour mark, Reza Hossein Poor calmly converted the penalty, leveling the score at three. Afghanistan almost grabbed the lead in the 33rd minute, but Altawail came in just in time to clear a lob from outside the box by Reza Hossein Poor. Consequently, the two teams shared the points equally. Noori