Uzbekistan national football team faced Yemen in the eighth round of 2018 FIFA World Cup/2019 AFC Asian Cup joint-qualifying.
Uzbekistan national football team faced Yemen in the eighth round of 2018 FIFA World Cup/2019 AFC Asian Cup joint-qualifying.
Having taken the initiative from the start, our players opened the score on the 8th minute. After a pass from Odil Akhmedov, midfielderAzizbek Haydarov scored the goal 1-0. Server Jeparov scored the second one on the 31st minute after another pass from the captain Akhmedov. Ahmedov completed his hat-trick of assists as Uzbekistan went 3-0 up on the 50 minute with a header from Stanislav Andreev.
In the last minutes of the match, Ahmed Al Sarori could score.
In another match in the group, DPR Korea won over Bakhrein 2-0.
Uzbekistan’s victory took points tally to 15, one less than DPR Korea but with Samvel Babayan’s side having played a game less than the two-time FIFA World Cup qualifiers.
Uzbekistan will play against Filippines on 24 March