Football players of the Turkmen FC Altyn Asyr dropped out of the 2019 AFC Cup, losing in the inter-zonal semi-final to the Vietnamese Hanoi FC in the sum of two meetings - 4:5.
The first game in the capital of Vietnam ended with the victory of the home team - 3:2. In the second leg match, which took place today at the Kopetdag Stadium in the presence of 10,755 spectators, a draw was recorded - 2:2. The teams scored a double: Hanoi FC - recognized as the best player in the match Nguyen Van Kuyet (15th and 51st minutes), FC Altyn Asyr captain Serdar Geldiyev scored two goals at 45+1 and 82nd minutes by penalty.
Hanoi FC first time reached the inter-zonal final of the second most important Asian club tournament, in which it will play with the winner of the pair Abahani Limited (Bangladesh) - FC April 25 (DPRK). The first game of these rivals, held on August 21 in Dhaka, ended with the victory of the champion of Bangladesh - 4:3. The return match will be held on August 28 in Pyongyang.
The matches of the interzonal finals, according to the results of which the finalist of the 2019 AFC Cup will become known, will be held on September 25 and October 2. The final match of the 2019 AFC Cup, in which the winner of the inter-zonal finals and the best team of the West zone will meet (Jordanian Al Jazeera or Lebanese Al Ahed) will be played on November 2.
