In a press conference before the match of the Uzbekistan national football team against Iran, Serchko Katants said: We and all the players are ready for this match. All matches are important and we have an important match tomorrow. I have a lot of respect for Iran and this team is one of the best in Asia. Teams have a very difficult task to play against Iran. He considered the meeting with Iran as a challenge for himself and his students and said: I should not motivate my players for this game and they will do everything to win this match. Iran is a very good team, but every match starts with a score of 0-0. We have the necessary confidence. We scored a lot of goals in the previous matches and I would like to see how we are doing tomorrow. The head coach of the Uzbekistan national team said about the meeting with Iran on the artificial turf of the Tashkent Foundation Stadium: “Maybe we have a few problems with this issue, but we are OK.” There is a big difference between playing on natural and artificial grass. I have failed on artificial turf before and I have a bad experience with this turf! However, tomorrow we will play on a good pitch and we will have to see what happens. About the difference between the match against Iran in the 2026 World Cup qualifiers, Katantes pointed out that it was a friendly match and not serious. We have to see what we will do tomorrow. World Cup Qualifiers are completely different and put different pressure on the players. The players of the Iranian team have played together for many years and mostly play with the same system. They can punish you and tomorrow we have to play perfectly. I am so happy, my dear friend, so absorbed in the exquisite sense of mere tranquil existence, that I neglect my talents. I should be incapable of drawing a single stroke at the present moment; and yet I feel that I never was a greater artist than now. When, while the lovely valley teems with vapour around me, and the meridian sun strikes the upper surface of the impenetrable foliage of my trees, and but a few stray gleams steal into the inner sanctuary, I throw myself down among the tall grass by the trickling stream; and, as I lie close to the earth, a thousand unknown plants are noticed by me: when I hear the buzz of the little world among the stalks, and grow familiar with the countless . He praised the attack line of our country’s national team and stated: They are very dangerous and usually play with two attackers whose names you know better than I do. We have checked the situation of the Iranian team and we know that this team has very good wingers. They have also analyzed the Uzbekistan team and they should be a little afraid of us, because we have good quality. We have another game tomorrow and we have to see which team has better conditions. The head coach of the Uzbekistan national team stated that the match against Iran should be a challenge for the Uzbeks and stated: “If we lose in this match, nothing will happen and we have other games ahead.” It is also good to win Iran, but even if we win, nothing special happens and after a day or two, life goes on. Post navigation Examining the confrontations between Iran and Uzbekistan/ Invincible in Uzbek soil?
