Uzbekistan’s Ardus FC Blows Out Thailand’s GH Bank 9-2 to Advance to AFC Futsal Club Championship Semifinal

This article was last updated on April 16, 2022

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Dilshod Irsaleiv scored four goals as Ardus stormed into the semi-final of the AFC Futsal Club Championship with a 9-2 win over Thai champions GH Bank.

In the last match played on Tuesday at Al Arabi Indoor Stadium, Jamoliddin Sharipov and Jonathan Hernandez scored a brace with goalkeeper Rustam Umarov also joining the demolition act with a 39th minute goal.

GH Bank were in total control of the match and were soon rewarded in the 10th minute through captain Panomkorn Saisorn.

But the Uzbeks were totally a different side after trailing by a goal down as they never let Thailand have the upper hand throughout. Irsaleiv scored the equaliser just a minute after Saisorn’s goal and Hernandez made it 2-1 a minute later which opened the goal floodgates. Irsaleiv is the tournament’s leading goalscorer so far with six goals from three matches.

“There was clearly lack of concentration, we took the lead but failed to hold on to it with so many silly mistakes,” GH Bank coach Rakhpol Sainetngam told reporters.

“Besides, we were up against a quality side with strong determination. There are people in their delegation who had worked in Thailand and know our strength and weaknesses,” he added.

Sainentngam’s counterpart Alexander Petrov, whose side finished top of Group B to avoid a potential clash with Iranian champions Sanaye Giti Pasand, hailed the Thai team stressing that the score did not tell the actual story of the match.

“This score is tricky, it was never an easy match against a strong opponent but at the end of the day we were the deserved winner and I am happy that we finished on top of the group,” he said.

“We knew that it was an important fixture by many reasons but we were just concentrating on a win regardless of the potential opponents whom we are going to face in the semi-final.

“Giti Pasand are still a team to beat but we are not scared of facing them at any stage of the competition,” he added.