
AFC Women's Champions League
The win saw Nasaf stay perfect in Group C with three wins and head coach Botir Kodirkulov can start looking forward to bettering last season’s run to the quarter-finals.

Nasaf clicked into gear from the off as they took the lead after six minutes when Diyorakhon Khabibullaeva’s dribbling caused confusion in Banaat’s box with a deflection finished with aplomb by Lyudmilla Karachik.
The home side doubled their advantage in the 12th minute as Ilvina Ablyakimova’s cross was headed out by Safia Adongo but only to Maftuna Shoyimova who calmly placed the ball into the bottom corner from the edge of the box.

Banaat custodian Maha Alblooshi had to work hard to keep the score down, foiling Karachik in a one-on-one situation before producing a good stop to deny Ablyakimova from close range following a corner.
Nasaf had the opportunity to take an even bigger lead into the break when Khabibullaeva sent Karachik through on goal but the latter’s curler went just wide of the post with Alblooshi already beaten.

The miss was rectified in the third minute of added time when another weak clearance saw Ablyakimova pick up the loose ball on the edge of the box, making no mistake as she fired past Alblooshi.
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Banaat carved out a chance out of nothing in the 52nd minute, Sabrine Mamay’s long range lob had Maftuna Jonimqulova scrambling back to her goal line to tip the ball over.
At the other end, Karachik was unlucky not to add to her tally when her inswinging corner delivery evaded a sea of players and struck the post.

Nasaf found their second wind and added to their lead in the 67th minute when Umid Zoirova’s cross from the left was inadvertently swept into her own net by Fatima Alhosani before Shoyimova thumped a header home eight minutes later.
Khabibullaeva got her name on the scoresheet in the 78th minute, turning in Zoirova’s cross before adding another in stoppage time with a long range strike as Nasaf sealed their progression in style.








