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The fact that the Uzbekistan national team held a training camp in Qatar in January has caused various rumors.

The first is related to the fact that the national team held a training camp. The second is due to the change of head coach. As you know, every year in January-February, clubs prepare for the new season. And when the national team holds a training camp, various rumors increase around it. For example, why should the national team hold a training camp, what is the purpose of FIFA days, is it not good for the national team to train on FIFA days, and so on. Someone thinks that the national team should also hold training camps, this is beneficial for both players and coaches.

In this case, you can listen to both sides equally and listen to both sides. True, the national team gathered outside of FIFA Day, calling players for a separate training camp and one friendly match at a time when clubs were already preparing for the new season. Clubs have the right to object to this. But on the other hand, the national team training camp did not coincide with the peak of preparations for the season. Usually, February is a crucial stage of preparation for clubs. January is often spent on selection work, signing contracts with new players, etc.

From this perspective, if the national team had held a training camp in February, it would have been possible to sharply criticize it. However, the negative aspects of the January training camp are not visible. It seems that the training camp of the Uzbekistan national team abroad on January 20-31 was planned much earlier, say, in November last year. We played two games in November, and then the coaches presented their plan to the UFA, and the training camp must have been part of that plan. As a result, the UFA also worked on the basis of this plan.

The plan was that a training camp would be held in the last ten days of January, and only local players would participate in it. The coach aimed to test local players through this, and in addition, a friendly match with Jordan was also planned. Because training alone is not enough to test players. After all, a lot of things are tested in the game.

Okay, let's say a training camp was organized and the squad was announced, but it would be a big mistake to raise the question of whether most of the players called up to the national team will not be in the national team for the two games in March. First, the head coach decides who to call up. Secondly, saying that such and such a person will not be called up to official games anyway creates distrust in that player.


Distrust also affects the player, and he himself thinks that he should not be included in the national team. Don't forget one thing, only when we tell an athlete that if you work hard, you will definitely show yourself, the players' self-confidence increases. We do not mean to praise everyone, but whether the coach respects his game and calls him to the national team, the media and fans should also learn to respect him and say warm words when necessary.

Whether a player is included in the national team or not, the coach decides. Because the coach is responsible for the result. We understand correctly, indeed, in the future, in official matches, mainly legionnaires will be the core of the national team, but football is not without injuries, cards or other reasons. Someone may get injured, someone may get a card, someone may not be able to play as well as they would like, and then the auxiliary forces, that is, the players who participated in yesterday's training camp, will arrive. It would be appropriate to say that this training camp was organized so that they too can feel like part of the national team.

Clubs never stop preparing for the new season, and nothing will change if one or two players are temporarily absent from training camps. We have passed the equator of the World Cup qualifiers and there are four games left. In order to play these four matches in high spirits, we must not lose sight of anything. Let's remember these games once again.

March 20. Uzbekistan - Kyrgyzstan
March 25. Iran - Uzbekistan
June 5. UAE - Uzbekistan
June 10. Uzbekistan - Qatar

The appointment of Timur Kapadze as the new head coach of the national team by the UEFA was also an unexpected event. Many expected that Srečko Katanec would finish his term. However, the coach's health did not allow this. The Slovenian coach, who has been battling a serious illness, left the national team of his own free will. Katanec himself had intended to be with the team in Doha during the January training camp, but health came first.

As a result, the UFA had to make a quick decision and, after negotiating with several coaches, finally settled on the candidate Timur Kapadze. Some say that the main reason for Kapadze's appointment was the press. True, the press may have shouted that Katanec's health was not good and that if we don't do something, we will miss the World Cup, after all, we are closer than ever to the World Cup, but they never campaigned that if Katanec leaves, only Kapadze should be there.

We can say that the appointment of Kapadze as head coach was entirely by UFA's decision. If the head coach had changed due to the influence of the press and Katanec had been deliberately dismissed, the UFA would have had to pay a large amount of compensation to the foreign coach, and this is not a small amount of money. Katanec himself refused the compensation and announced that he would leave on his own initiative, and the UFA also supported this decision.

At this point, all that remains for you and us is to support the new coach and wish the national team good luck in the upcoming matches. After all, it doesn't matter who leads the team to the World Cup. Considering that there are only four matches left, we need to focus on preparing for these matches. Now is not the time to create intrigue around the national team. This will only work to our detriment. Together, we can all achieve our goal. Let's not forget that only our opponents will benefit from intrigue and arguments.

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