Football players of the national team of Turkmenistan won against the Emirates club «United» - 3:1 at the training camp in Sharjah.
FC «United» plays in the second division of the United Arab Emirates.
The Turkmen football players completed the first stage of preparation for the qualifying tournament of the 2026 World Cup with this control match. During the week, the national team of Turkmenistan played three friendly games. In the first of them, she lost to the Malaysian national team - 0: 1, and in the second, already at the training camp in the United Arab Emirates, she played a draw - 2:2 with the professional club «Khaur-Fakkan», which, after the 20th round, ranks 9th in the Pro League UAE.
The national football team of Turkmenistan is preparing for the qualifying tournament of the 2026 World Cup under the guidance of the new head coach Mergen Orazov. He accepted the main national team of the country this year after successful work in FC «Ahal». Remind that last season, under the guidance of this specialist, «Ahal» won three national trophies - for the first time he became the champion of Turkmenistan, for the fourth time he won the Cup of the country and for the second time - the Cup of the Football Federation of Turkmenistan, and the mentor of the champions himself was recognized as the best coach of Turkmenistan in 2022.
The rivals of the Turkmen national team for the qualifying tournament of the 2026 World Cup will become known following the results of the draw, which will be held this spring. And the matches of the first stage of qualification will be held in the autumn of 2023.
