Today the administrative center of the northern region of our country the city of Dashoguz hosted the match of the third round of the qualifying round of the Asian Cup 2019 between the national teams of Turkmenistan and Bahrain. In the course of a tense competition, the hosts lost the game with the score 1:2. Our team plays in the group “E”, which, in addition to Bahrain, is represented by the national teams of Taiwan and Singapore. In the first round, the Turkmenistan team won the team of Taiwan (3:1), having topped the rating by three points. After losing, it went down one position, exceeded by today’s opponents who scored four points. Despite the defeat, Turkmenistan still has chances of reaching the next round. In the third round of the group competition, our footballers will play away with the national team of Singapore on September 5.