On October 13, 2023, a friendly match was held between the national teams of Uzbekistan and Uruguay. This was reported by Euro-football.ru.
In this match, the Uzbekistan national team, led by head coach Fabio Cannavaro, was defeated 1:2. The only goal for the Uzbekistan national team was scored by Ruslanbek Djiyanov in the 82nd minute.
By that time, the team was already trailing 0:2. This defeat was Cannavaro's first loss with the Uzbekistan national team.
In the previous match, the Uzbekistan national team had defeated Kuwait 2:0. It is worth noting that the 52-year-old Italian coach took charge of the Uzbekistan national team on October 6.
Next summer, the Uzbekistan national team will participate in the World Cup held in the USA, Mexico, and Canada. In the match, the Uruguay national team took the lead 2:0 with goals from Torres Facundo in the 51st minute and Sanabria Juan in the 60th minute.
For the Uzbekistan national team, Djiyanov scored in the 82nd minute. On the field, Abduvohid Nematov, Muhammadkodir Hamraliev, Khojiakbar Alijanov, Rustam Ashurmatov, Sherzod Nasrullaev, Akmal Mozgovoy, Umar Eshmurodov, Eldor Shomurodov, Azizjon Ganiev, Otabek Shukurov, and Shahboz Erkinov played.
On the bench were Azizbek Turgunbaev, Abdurauf Buriev, Igor Sergeyev, Vladimir Nazarov, Jahongir Urazov, Oston Urunov, Botirali Ergashev, Ruslanbek Djiyanov, Alibek Davronov, Dilshod Saitov, Husain Norchaev, and Jamshid Iskanderov. For Uruguay, Israel Franco, Santiago Bueno, Nicolas Marichal, Marcelo Saracchi, Jose Luis Rodriguez, Emiliano Martinez, Kevin Amaro, Juan Sanabria, Facundo Torres, Rodrigo Salazar, and Federico Viñas took the field.
On the bench were Nicolas Fonseca, Luciano Rodriguez, Santiago Mourinho, Christopher Fiermarin, Pablo Alcoba, Nicolas Azambuja, Bryan Barbosa, Julio Dager, Federico Martinez, Pedro Costa, Ignacio Lacintana, and Luciano Gonzalez. This match was the first test for the Uzbekistan national team under their new coach.
The team continues preparing for upcoming matches and aims to achieve good results at the World Cup.
