Ï «Merv» and «Ahal» rush after the leader
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«Merv» and «Ahal» rush after the leader

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Final matches of the fourth round of the football championship of Turkmenistan among major league clubs have taken place.

At the capital, the acting champions - football players of International Turkmen-Turkish university received the “Ashgabat” team – ranking second line at the tournament draw. In the middle of the second time the precise strike of N.Muhamedov brought victory to ITTU – 1:0. As a result “Ashgabat” team has suffered the first defeat at the championship, and ITTU, having scored 8 points closely approached the leading group.

The match in the northern region of the country has also become rather hard, where local “Dashoguz” team met with “Merv” from Mary. Here the fate of the match was defined by a single goal, scored by D.Dovletmuradov (“Merv”).

The most resultant match of the championship fourth round has taken place in Turkmenabat, where local “Bagtyyarlyk-Lebap” received the owner of the Super Cup of Turkmenistan – “Ahal” team. By the mid of the first time the ahal players were leading with the score – 2:0. By the 84th minute, due to double goal of A.Kurbanov, the hosts have leveled the result – 2:2. But 5 minutes before the end of the match the precise strike of S.Geldiyev brought victory to “Ahal” – 3:2.

Let’s remind that one day earlier, during this round “Shagadam” from Turkmenbashi won the “Talyp sporty” team being visitors – 2:0, and “Balkan” lost at home to “Altyn asyr” team – 0:1. After four rounds the “Altyn asyr” team took the leads with 10 points. One point from the leader fall behind the “Merv” and “Ahal” teams. At the goal-scorers contest the leadership is shared by S.Ataev (“Ahal”), E.Tagaev (“Ashgabat”) and A.Boliyan (“Shagadam”), each having 4 goals at their active.

The next fifth round of the football championship starts on March 28, with the match “Altyn asyr” – “Talyp sporty”.