The Turkmen football club Arkadag won a strong-willed victory over the Maldivian Maziya Sports in the first round of the group stage of the AFC Challenge League. The match, which took place at the Al Kuwait Sports Club stadium in Kuwait, ended with a score of 2:1 in favor of Arkadag.

In the first half, Maziya took the lead thanks to a precise strike by Jonathan Zorrilla in the 45th minute. However, in the second half, Arkadag managed to turn the game around: Didar Durdyev scored in the 67th minute, and Altymurat Annadurdyev scored the winning goal in the 76th minute.

Vladimir Bayramov’s team will play their next match on October 29 against the Kyrgyz Abdysh-Ata, while Maziya will face Al-Arabi.