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Turkmen Ice Hockey Team successfully starts at VIII Asian Winter Olympics in Sapporo
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Turkmen Ice Hockey Team successfully starts at VIII Asian Winter Olympics in Sapporo
Published 18.02.2017
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Our players successfully won Malaysian team with 2:0 score. At the second minute of the match, captain of Turkmen team made wonderful pass to forward Alexander Vakhovskiy who sent the puck to the goal of the contester. He doubled the score after 10 minutes and clear shots of Ishan Veleyev, Yakub Berdiyev and Ezizmuhammed Akmuhammedov took our team to the leaders of the first period (5:0). After the break, Malaysian team did not change the tactics and continued to play in defence from time to time leaving its half of the field. As a result, Turkmen hockey players YAkub Berdiyev, Maksat Atayev, Ishan veleyev and Dovlet Soyunov scored another four goals. In the third 20-minutes period, the fosters of Bayram Allayarov, according to the instructions from the coach, reduced the speed and played mainly in defence. As a result, our compatriots with 9:2 Score are on the top of the tournament table in their group, where besides the Malaysia, national teams of Chinese Macao, Islamic Republic of Iran and Indonesia are included. Before Asian Winter Games, Turkmen sportsmen had training camp in Raubichi Olympic Sports Complex in Minsk (Belarus). During the training, the focus was made on tactical actions in attacking and defence. Gained skills was tested during friendly matches with amateurs Belarusian teams, after which the coaches of Minsk clubs had to confess that they did not expected such high level of Turkmen players and wished confident victories during Asian Games in Sapporo. Being fresh in such representative competitions as the Asian Games, the fosters of Bayram Allayarov play in B Group of the second division. The teams winning the group games go to the final and those who will take the second places will play for bronze medals. The winners of the games of the second division will be included in the premier league of the XIX Asian Games. The team of Macao is the next to play with our sportsmen. The match will be held on February 21.

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