Midfielder of the Turkmenistan national team Ruslan Mingazov joined the team after a successful performance in the Hong Kong championship. In the 12th round match, he scored a double and was recognized as the best player, helping his club “Kitchi” defeat “Sham Shui Po” with a score of 3:0.
Upon arrival at the team location, Mingazov gave his first comments:
The training camp of the Turkmen team in the UAE will last until March 19, after which the players will fly to Tehran for a match with the Iranian national team. On March 14, head coach Mergen Orazov’s team suffered a defeat in a friendly match against the Kazakhstan team with a score of 2:0.
After two rounds of the 2026 World Cup qualifying tournament, the Turkmenistan national team ranks third in Group E among four teams.Let us remind you that in the first game at home, the Turkmen football players lost to the Uzbekistan national team with a score of 1:3, and in the second they tied 2:2 away with the Hong Kong team.