Nepal lose AFC Futsal Asian Cup Qualifiers opener

  • 2023-10-07

Nepal lost 5-1 to Korea in their opening match of AFC Futsal Asian Cup Qualifiers in Mongolia on Saturday.

It took the Korea Republic four minutes to find the back of the net courtesy of Lee Han-wool’s strike.

Shin Jong-hoon then scored in the 10th and 19th minutes to give Korea Republic a healthy cushion going into the break.

Nepal tried to force their way back with Sumit Shrestha finding the net in the 21st minute only for Shin to turn on the power, scoring in the 31st and 35th (penalty) minutes to seal the three points.

Korea Republic meet Mongolia, while Vietnam face Nepal on Matchday Two.

-AFC

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