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The Turkmenistan side, ahead by two goals at the end of the first half at Changlimithang Stadium, conceded twice after the break - the second time in the 90th minute - in the face of a resurgent home side.
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Paro, fresh off their recent win of a seventh Bhutan Premier League title, were kept on the back foot from the start as Ahal pushed forward with ease, with Magtymberdi Berenov crashing his shot against the underside of the bar in the ninth minute.
The home side gradually overcame their shaky start, Yuta Mishima wasting an opportunity to put them ahead in the 18th minute by booting over from inside the area and Evans Asante sending the ball past the left post a minute later.
The home side gradually overcame their shaky start, Yuta Mishima wasting an opportunity to put them ahead in the 18th minute by booting over from inside the area and Evans Asante sending the ball past the left post a minute later.
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Paro’s momentum was cut short, however, when Asyr Jumadurdyyew netted the first goal in the 27th minute, the defender finishing from close range into an empty net after being teed up perfectly by Suleyman Mirzoyew on the right.
Ahal’s Ovezov Muhammet came off his line to block another try by Mishima in the 33rd minute while a similar attempt by Berenov at the other end moments later was also blocked, this time by defender Sidiki Jawara.
Ahal’s Ovezov Muhammet came off his line to block another try by Mishima in the 33rd minute while a similar attempt by Berenov at the other end moments later was also blocked, this time by defender Sidiki Jawara.
Yakupmuhammet Govshudow then doubled Ahal’s lead in the 38th minute with a perfectly-delivered shot from outside the right of the area which curled into the top left beyond keeper Lamin Saidy’s reach.
Group A: Ahal FC (TKM) v Paro FC (BHU)
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Paro’s energetic start to the second half saw them pull one back in the 54th minute through Jawara, whose powerful free-kick from 25 yards squeezed past a diving Ovezov and into the bottom right.
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The Bhutan outfit continued to threaten, substitute Abayomi Fakunle rattling the right Ahal post following a fast break in the 61st minute after connecting to a point pass from Abdoulie Baldeh from the left.
Saidy did well to block Dowran Hojamammedow before the midfielder could execute his shot from the edge of the six-yard box in the 73rd minute before his counterpart Ovezov denied Riku Ichimura’s attempt from the left three minutes later.
Saidy did well to block Dowran Hojamammedow before the midfielder could execute his shot from the edge of the six-yard box in the 73rd minute before his counterpart Ovezov denied Riku Ichimura’s attempt from the left three minutes later.
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Mustapha Jallow then had the fans on their feet on the dot of regulation time when he timed his run perfectly to connect to Abdoulie Baldeh’s cross from the right and steer his header past a slow-to-react Ovezov.
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