Up to 4 points, the gap from the nearest pursuer was increased by the leader in the championship of Turkmenistan on football "Ahal". Such a situation in the upper part of the standings was formed following the results of the 6th round, in which the team of the Main Department "Turkmennebitonumleri" won at the capital's stadium "Nisa" against the leader in the fight for medals "Merv" - 3:1.
Before this meeting, the team from the administrative center of the Mary velayat was 3 points behind "Ahal" and, in case of a successful outcome, could catch up with the leader in the match. However, this did not happen.
Already in the 5th minute, the home team played a spectacular combination on the left side of the attack, after which Gurbanguly Ashirov burst into the penalty area and shot irresistibly into the near corner of the goal.
After 4 minutes, the guests broke the rules in their penalty area, and the top scorer of last year's championship Elman Tagaev doubled the score from the penalty spot. The goalkeeper of "Merv" Nurgeldy Astanov guessed the direction of the blow, but could not parry it.
At the 55th minute Didar Durdyev showed his individual qualities. Having beaten two defenders, he went to a rendezvous with the goalkeeper and brought the score to a devastating 3-0. Didar Durdyev now has 6 goals scored, and according to this indicator, he holds the lead in the scorers dispute.
After that, the hosts calmed down a bit and allowed Magtymguly Begendzhev's wards to win back one goal. Alibek Abdurakhmanov soaked the score by converting a penalty in the 62nd minute.
After this victory, "Ahal" got 16 points. 4 points less than the second-placed current champion Altyn Asyr, who defeated Ashgabat - 2:0.
On the third position, 5 points behind the leader, the Turkmenbashi "Shagadam", convincingly outplaying the capital's "Kopetdag" at home - 5:2, is located. The fate of this meeting was decided by the middle of the second half, when five unanswered goals hit the gates of the guests. Khydyr Yakubov (27th minute), Mekan Ashirov (45+1st), Kerim Khodjaberdiyev (50th) and two on account of Roman Galkin (53rd and 63rd) scored one each. "Kopetdag" at the end of the meeting answered with a double of Yazklych Kurbanov (73rd and 90 + 1st).
Merv, which has 10 points, fell to the fourth line in the standings after the defeat in this round from Ahal.
Mary "Energetik" moved up to the fifth position with 7 points, having won at home over Balkanabat "Nebitchi" - 2:1. It is noteworthy that after the first half, the guests won - 1:0 after a penalty scored by Serdar Annaorazov in the 16th minute. However, after the break, the situation on the field has changed. In the 50th minute, Ezizmamed Orazmamedov scored a goal, and in the 61st minute, Musa Nurnazarov converted a penalty, bringing Energetik a strong-willed victory - 2:1.
The seventh round of the Turkmenistan football championship starts on August 30 with the matches: Kopetdag - Energetik, Merv - Shagadam, Nebitchi - Altyn Asyr. And it will end on August 31 with the meeting "Ashgabat" - "Ahal".
