India lost their first match 2โ0 against Australia but they still had two matches left to reach the quarter-finals of the AFC Asia Cup. But that opportunity slipped away from India. On January 18, India will play the second match of their group stage against Uzbekistan.At the beginning of the match, the Uzbek substitute made a good ball for him after four minutes and he headed it to give Uzbekistan a 1-0 lead.Abbosbek Fayzullaev scored the goal for Uzbekistan.
After some time, Pakistan made a wonderful short but it was saved by Indian goalkeeper Gurpreet Singh Sandhu. Then again Uzbekistan got a shot from close range of the corner. J. Masharipov made a wonderful shirt but the ball hit the bar post unfortunately.
After that, when Uzbekistan attacked, the Uzbek player wearing jersey number 10 forwarded the ball towards the front of the box, but then the Indian defender Akash Mishra slid to save the ball. Then Igor Sergeev scored a short shot after 18 minutes and then again left India behind with a 2-0 goal gap and went ahead. This goal is due to their lack of understanding.
Then Blue Tiger’s M. Naorem made a wonderful short shot towards the goalkeeper but the Uzbek goalkeeper made a great save. Then at the end of the half time at 45+5 minutes Uzbek defender F. Sayfiev shot the ball forward and then S. Nasrullaev scored. Then Uzbekistan went ahead by 3-0 goals.
Then in the game after half time, Blue Tiger made a great attack which was shorted by Rahul KP but unfortunately the ball hit the bar post and got a chance but could not score this time the goalkeeper of Uzbekistan performed very well. Then India made a short corner and the goalkeeper made a great save.
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At the end of the last 90 minutes, Uzbekistan had another great shot from a distance but the shot hit the bar post. After the whistle of the referee, the game ended. Finally, the team defeated India by 3-0 and collected 3 points and reached the second place in the points table with a total of four points. And on the other hand, India lost two matches in a row to go to the bottom of the points table and thereby dashed their dream of reaching the quarter finals.
Both teams played very well but Blue Tigers were ahead of Uzbekistan in Possession, Passes, Pass accuracy and Corners. Shots and Shots on target progressed in Uzbekistan. Millions of crores of football have been hurt for decades, but according to the audience, even if they lose the match, India’s game has changed a lot. And they said we will support. Blue Tiger’s next match is against Syria. On the other hand, Uzbekistan went very close to the quarter-finals by collecting four points.
