Qatar hope to rebound against Uzbekistan

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Tuesday, September 6th 2016 04:12 AM

Doha: Qatar will be looking to bounce back from their injury time 2-0 defeat at the hands of Iran when they take on an Uzbekistan side buoyed by their opening day qualifying win against Syria last Thursday. Qatar will tonight host Uzbekistan at Jassim bin Hamad Stadium in the second round match in Group A of the 2018 World Cup Asian zone third qualification stage. Daniel Carreno has urged his team to put the injury time loss against Iran out of their minds. “The situation after the first round of matches will put us under a lot of pressure to win as we lost against Iran and Uzbekistan defeated Syria. However, I’m confident that our players will give their best tomorrow and will get the three points from the match although it will not be easy. “We played with a lot of determination in the first match against Iran and we will be playing with the same mentality against Uzbekistan. We will forget the first match now and we will focus on giving our best, especially because we will be playing at home and in front of our fans.” Uzbekistan’s late win over Syria was their first ever victory in the opening round of matches in FIFA World Cup qualifying. Goals deep into injury time at a packed-out Azadi Stadium in Tehran from Reza Ghoochannijhad and Alireza Jahanbaksh condemned Qatar to a late, late 2-0 defeat against Iran as Daniel Carreno’s side seek to secure the country’s first-ever FIFA World Cup finals appearance. As for Uzbekistan, Veteran striker Aleksandr Geynrikh came off the bench to claim the only goal of the game with just 16 minutes remaining to ensure Uzbekistan picked up all three points against a spirited Syria side.