In return meet with the Bengaluru Football Club, India, the Turkmen team Altyn Asyr assured a place in the 2018 AFC Cup Inter-Zone Final.Altyn Asyr FC clinched their place with a 2-0 victory over JSW Bengaluru in the second leg of the AFC Cup Inter-Zone semi-final, sealing a 5-2 aggregate win.
The home side were rarely troubled as they built impressive 3-2 triumph in their first leg of the semi-final in Bengaluru over the Indian Super League champions.
Many-times champion of Turkmenistan now face 4.25 SC of DPR Korea in the Inter-Zone final.The first leg will take place in Pyongyang, KDPR, on September 19, and the second in Turkmenistan on October 3.
The winner team of the AFC Cup final will face the winner of the clash between the Al-Jazeera, Jordan, and Al-Quwa, Iraq.Earlier, Turkmenistan’s football clubs never played in the playoffs of the AFC Cup.