Defending champions Uzbekistan took a major step towards the AFC U23 Championship Thailand 2020 quarter-finals, defeating China PR 2-0 at Tinsulanon Stadium on Sunday. AFC U23 Championship China PR U23 0-2 Uzbekistan U23 Goals: Islomjon Kobilov (45+3 penalty), Nurillo Tukhtasinov (80). Uzbekistan U-23: 1.Abduvokhid Nematov, 2.Islomjon Kobilov, 3.Hojiakbar Alijonov, 4.Abdulla Abdullaev, 6.Azizjon Ganiev, 9.Jasurbek
The sides split the points in Group C’s opening match. Uzbekistan went ahead through an Islomjon Kobilov penalty kick just before half-time, but Iran drew level through Reza Dehghani’s 58th minute goal to claim a share of the spoils at Tinsulanon Stadium. Goals: Islomjon Kobilov (40 penalty) – Reza Dehghani (58). Uzbekistan U-23: 1.Abduvokhid
Uzbekistan national team played a friendly match against Singapore within the FIFA 2022 qualification. In an interesting and uncompromising match, three important points were scored. Odil Akhmedov and Eldor Shomurodov managed to score in the opponent’s gate.
As reported earlier, next month in Thailand will be held the Asian Championship among players under 23. Olympic team of Uzbekistan continues preparations for the tournament. Here are some photos from today’s training session:
At Pakhtakor Stadium, the national team of Uzbekistan competed in the international friendly match with Kyrgyzstan. Igor Sergeev, Dostonbek Khamdamov and Jamshid Iskanderov were able to score the opponents’ goal in our national team.