Nasaf had the first sight at goal through Maftuna Shoyimova’s free-kick in the 10th minute which Diyorakhon Khabibullaeva headed wide as the side from Uzbekistan controlled the early proceedings.

Against the run of play, Bam Khatoon struck the opener four minutes later after Fatemeh Geraeli played a perfect pass behind Nasaf’s defence with Sara Didar’s pace taking her away from Grace Adams to easily slot home.

Nasaf pushed hard for the equaliser but found a major stumbling block in Raha Yazdani who was in inspired form, saving two powerfully struck attempts from Khabibullaeva.

Yazdani produced arguably her best save in the 40th minute, showing great athleticism to make a one-handed stop to deny Nataliia Simakina’s point-blank header.

After the interval, Nasaf camped inside Bam Khatoon’s half but despite their dominance on the ball, all they had were two Shoyimova shots from distance which were easily dealt with by Yazdani.

Seeing his side create so little, Nasaf head coach Khan Vladislav withdrew centre-back Adams for attacker Mehribon Egamberdieva.

The persistent pressure from Nasaf, however, was without its rewards as Bam Khatoon defended resiliently to hold out for the win.