Iran’s youth team defeated Mika 1-0 on Thursday as the AFC U-19 Championship qualifiers finished third in the ten-team Turkmenistan President’s Cup.
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Ahmad Amirkamdar’s long-range effort in the 27th minute was enough to give the Iranians the victory over the five-time Armenian Cup champions as Nenad Nikolic’s side made a fine start to their preparations for October’s Asian youth meet in Saudi Arabia.
Turkmenistan Cup holders MTTU will take on Ashgabat FC in the final on Friday in a repeat last year’s final, in which the two-time Turkmen league champions twice came from behind to win 3-2.