Almaty, Kazakhstan- Today the semifinals were staged in the atmosphere of great competence. All the teams spared no efforts and strived for the best outcome they could possibly make.
The first game was between China and Kyrgyzstan. Chinese team summarized their experience yesterday and changed to the positive attacking pattern. Shen Siming and Hu Changjun contributed 2 goals in the first 3 minutes of the match. Wang Cheng has scored another goal 10 minutes later. Although the Kyrgyzstan was encountered of great difficulties, they never lost enthusiasm. Imanaliyev Elbek Doroginsky Evgeniy and Ulan Baygaza uulu had scored 1 goal respectively, bringing the result to 2:2. Then both teams became very aggressive, making fouls frequently while scoring the goals for the goals repeatedly. Both Shen Siming from China and Imanaliyev Elbek from Kyrgyzstan did the hat-tricks, and the scores went up to 7:7 at the end of the match. Then a penalty kick contest was embarked, and the Kyrgyzstan team embraced with good luck, who got one more goal. Finally, China lost. Then final score was 7:8 and Kyrgyzstan earned the chance to fight for the 5th place.
The second game was between Turkmenistan and Mongolia. Despite losing the game yesterday, Turkmenistan still kept the high spirit, and fought even harder. Mongolia also prepared to their best. Turkmenistan firstly disorganized the defense and made a beautiful close-range shot and scored the first goal. The Mongolian player then intercepted the ball and tried a long drive, but missed the gate a little bit. However, they weren’t discouraged and successfully kicked into the opponent’s gate 10 minutes later. Turkmenistan quickly adjusted the tactics and managed to score another 4 goals in the second half, and they will meet Kyrgyzstan to strive for the final ranking. The final score was thus 5:1 in favor of Turkmenistan.
The third game was the internal competition between the 2 Kazakhstan teams, which attracted the most audiences and fans. This match was really like diamond cut diamond, as both the 2 teams would like to be the best in the home country. The forwards from both sides all tried to keep the ball, the controlling power shifted time and then. Besides, the defending team and the goalkeepers also did a wonderful job. Therefore, all the threatening goals were all cut off in the first half. In the second half, Ilya Mun, the most excellent forward from Dostyc University team stole the ball by a beautiful inception, and got the precious goal with a fantastic long drive. But the leading position didn’t last long, 2 minutes later, the national team got the chance to fire from the corner ball and Ermek Abdulbayev successfully sent the ball into the gate. Then the national team became more and more active and got 2 goals with a double long drives. At the last minute, the incomparable Ilya Mun has scored his second goal in this match and won big applause from all the audiences as he never gave up fighting. The final score was 3:2, and Kazakhstan national team got the pass to the striving for the champion.
Last but not least, Iran and Tajikistan fought for the last chance to the final. Iranians totally controlled the match. They made a highlight of kicking in 5 goals in 10 minutes, presenting a big threat to its rivals. An Iranian family came to the stadium today specially to cheer up for their national team. The Tajikistan also did their best and strived to kick 2 goals. However, the Iran team left no mercy and fire another 5 goals, securing the final score as 10:2. Iranian team will fight against the host team as the defending champion, and according to the head coach, they are very confident to beat the last opponent and keep the champion in their hands.
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(Source: AUSF Secretariat )