The championship of Kazakhstan is only gaining momentum and does not please with high performance, but there is still a certain reason for positive. The correspondent of bbabo.net talks about several new names among the Kazakh youth who confidently announced themselves at the beginning of the season.
Abylaikhan Nazimkhanov, 20, midfielder, Shakhtar
Last year, Nazimkhanov got into the main team under Ali Aliyev, and then managed not to get lost in personnel restructuring already under the leadership of Magomed Adiev. The midfielder played a total of 14 official matches in the 2021 season and finally entrenched himself in the main clip. At the same time, Abylaikhan has already survived the European Cup matches, as well as the psychologically difficult final of the Cup of Kazakhstan, where his unrealized penalty in the series turned out to be decisive. That is, Abylaikhan has accumulated a diverse experience, so this year he enters a slightly more mature player.
It is significant that Nazimkhanov often played at the base at the training camp and Adiev continued to trust the midfielder in the new championship. He played almost completely two matches with "Astana" and "Kyzyl-Zharom", scoring the winning goal against Petropavlovsk. In the same week, it became known that Nazymkhanov was included in the Kazakhstan national team for the upcoming matches of the League of Nations.
Miras Turlybek, 20 years old, forward, "Aksu"
The return of the KPL to Pavlodar turned out to be inspiring. It is symbolic that the first winning goal of the season was scored by a local player. Miras Turlybek had 14 minutes after coming on as a substitute to open the gates of "Astana" and bring three points to "Aksu".
What is even more surprising, according to the head coach of Pavlodar Ruslan Kostyshin, the young striker is just getting in shape, so he comes on as a substitute in this segment of the season. I wonder what will happen if Turlybek gains optimal conditions? Last year, he managed to register 27 effective actions in the first league, if he shows at least 50 percent of this performance in the KPL, then a call to the national team is inevitable.
Abylaikhan Zhumabek, 20 years old, forward, "Taraz"
Under Vardan Minasyan, many local players got a full chance in the first team of Taraz, and Zhumabek is no exception. True, his performance in 2021 left much to be desired - the goal at the start of the season "Kaisaru" was the only one for him in the last championship draw.
This time, Abylaikhan again successfully starts in the KPL, because it was his goal that brought victory to Taraz in the last meeting with Ordabasy. Let's see if the striker can significantly increase his performance and show himself to be a more stable and progressive player.
Damir Kasabulat, 19 years old, central defender, "Kairat"
One of the first players in the framework of the "Kairat-Moscow" project, who, having proven himself in Russia, returned to the main team of the Almaty club. Kasabulat was the captain of the Moscow branch, in FNL-2 he played 15 matches and, noteworthy, he collected six yellow cards and two red ones. In general, the young defender clearly has character, which is good. Nevertheless, he still has to work on game discipline, but I think this can be fixed when your coach is Kurban Berdyev.
Kasabulat made his debut in the KPL in the match with "Aktobe" in the position of the right central defender. Berdyev noted that the player was very worried in the first half, but on the whole he managed. Considering that while the scheme with three central defenders remains working, Damir will get practice one way or another, because there are only two experienced center-backs in the team - Vasin and Banyak.
Aslan Adil, 24, winger, Kaspiy
Perhaps the most unexpected name in the Kazakhstan national team for the upcoming matches with Moldova. Adil made his debut in the KPL only last year, although he can only be called relatively young in terms of age, rather, he is young precisely in terms of experience at the top division level. In the bloodless Zhetysu, the attacking midfielder scored four goals in 29 matches of the championship and the Cup of the country.
After the relegation of the Taldykorgan team, Adil moved to "Kaspiy", his debut in Aktau was a success for him - he scored the winning goal in the match with "Kyzyl-Zhar". Perhaps it was this game that impressed the new national team coach Andrei Karpovich, who included the player in the national team.
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