2011 Asian Cup Group A Match Review - Qatar vs. Uzbekistan (Part 2)
Uzbekistan did slip up during the game but their defensive lines always remained strong. The mistakes that they made were usually in the midfield or up front and that is the reason why they did not concede goals.
However, the Uzbek defence did receive an awakening with only three minutes gone in the second half. The centre back Anzur Ismailov found the ball at his feet and he desperately tried to clear it. The Uzbek defender could not really
make a decision very quickly with the Qatar striker charging in on him and he made a poor clearance. http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Uzbekistan-c3037 goalkeeper Ignatiy Nesterov; however, the
shot taken by Soria was easily taken by Sakhob Juraev who was physically and mentally present right behind the goalkeeper to cover him from any sorts of threats. Later, Sakhob Juraev had to go off the pitch because of a knee injury that he took while sliding
in and it looked to be bad enough to keep him out of the whole tournament.
Uzbekistan had to answer after such a deadly attack and they did. It was a long ranged effort from the winger Jasur Khasanov that almost found the back of the net. Khasanov made a wonderful run from the left flank and took a shot
from 25 yards out. His shot was fingertip-saved by Qasem Burhan who made sure that he was covering the goal this time.
The final breakthrough was not made until the arrival of the hour mark. With almost an hour gone, the Uzbeks made a wonderful move forward. http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Odil-Ahmedov-c28307 simply stunned the whole crowd with his stunning right-footed strike. The
Uzbek star got past the single defender in his way and after taking all the space that he wanted, he rocketed the ball past Qasem Burhan to make the score line 0-1 for the visitors.
After a few minutes, the White Wolves had another opportunity to score so they can add to their tally. The substitute star Tursunov made a magnificent run from the right flank. After reaching the danger zone, he had many options
ranging from shooting to passes and crosses. However, the young Uzbekistan winger decided to shoot at the near post, which was well covered by http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Qasem-Burhan-c30197.
During the 77th minute, the time came for the visitors to seal the game off. After playing fantastic football throughout the game, they got what they deserved – a second goal. Qataris were the ones who made an error
in the defensive walls of http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Khalfan-Ibrahim-c20866 and his fellow defenders looked to be tired and as he played the ball across to redeem the error made by Qataris; however, Djeparov
made sure he was in the right place at the right time. The Uzbek midfielder ran between the two home side defenders and drilled the ball past Burhan. After the goal, the stands were simply booing the Uzbeks who were too busy celebrating their triumph over
the home side.
First choice Qatari captain Yousef Ahmed was introduced after the second goal. However, even their top goal scorer could not do anything more than a single try that came during the 82nd minute. Even though the effort
looked to be ambitious, Ignatiy Nesterov made sure he was at the back of it as he brought it down with his safe hands.
With Uzbekistan winning, it is definitely going to give them a confidence boost. Both the teams are going to be facing different teams on Wednesday as Uzbekistan are to face an easy task against http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Kuwait-c2935 while the home team Qatar
are to play a tough-looking Chinese football team.
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