The national beach soccer team defeated Malaysia 4-3 in the Asian Beach Soccer tournament in China.

Rauf Qaderi, Hazratgul Baran, Murtaza Rezaee and Mahmoud Azad scored Afghanistan’s goals during the competition.

The first match of Afghanistan was against Oman where the national team was beaten by its rival 3-4.

“The match against Malaysia was a tough game. Tomorrow, we will play against China, which is the host. We hope to win China,” said Hazrat Gul Bazran, member of the national soccer team.

Afghanistan will face China in their third match during the tournament.