“We won today collectively and not individually and everybody is happy with this,” said the 16-year-old, whose 27th minute spot-kick was his third successful conversion after scoring twice in their 3-2 comeback win against Kyrgyz Republic in the Qualifiers.

The Ittihad-IBB player, however, thinks he can be of more service to his team.

“I’m satisfied with my effort today although I know I can do better,” he said. “But I’m more proud of our performance as a team because we did our best and claimed three points.”

Having also netted four times in the Qualifiers, Al Garash’s goal played its part in placing Yemen in a good position to make the knockout stage and book their ticket to the FIFA U-17 World Cup Qatar 2025.

They play Indonesia, who stunned Korea Republic 1-0 in their opener, on Monday.

Head coach Samer Saleh concurred with Al Garash on their win as a team.

“We played as one today and followed a set system,” he said. "All our lines played well but maybe the offensive line wasted some opportunities.

“Afghanistan were very strong, especially in the second half, but we played a well-balanced game, kept the momentum going and managed to achieve our goal going into the match.”

Afghanistan head coach Elias Manuocher said they were let down by their first-half mistakes.

“Our first was when keeper Mohammad Muradi came out and then our defence gave away the penalty,” he said. “It was a bad day for us despite doing our best in the second half," said Manuocher, whose side now have to beat a hurting Korea Republic on Monday to revive their campaign.