Timur Kapadze: I don't care at all what happens in the next games!

Tomorrow, the Uzbekistan national team will play against the Kyrgyz Republic in the "2026 World Cup" qualifiers. Before this match, the coaches of the Uzbekistan national team Timur Kapadze and Odiljon Khamrobekov attended and answered questions from journalists.

Below you can read the thoughts of the head coach of our team.

- Assalamu alaikum, an interesting match awaits us tomorrow. I think we are ready. We will try to win in front of the fans.

- In 2011, as a player, in the matches against Uzbekistan, it was 3:0, 4:0. What can you say about the growth of the Kyrgyz national team now?

- Of course, it is difficult to compare the games then with the ones now. The reason is that football is developing everywhere. We also had many matches back then and won. There are changes in Kyrgyzstan and football is developing. I think it will be a good match tomorrow.

On the preparation for the match against Kyrgyzstan

- I think everything is fine. Everyone is healthy. It would be good if the players arrived earlier for the FIFA days. But this is not in our hands.

On the absence of Alikulov

- This is a big loss. But this is football. Sometimes such situations happen in football. This national team and every player must be prepared for such situations. I think this should not be a problem and we should go out on the field tomorrow and do our job.

About Astana's condition and Khajimat's call-up to the national team

- Yesterday he felt a little uncomfortable. We will check again today and tomorrow. Of course, we need players in any situation. That is why we called Khajimat to the national team.

- Are you satisfied with the condition of the local players? The reason is that we have just started the season. And there are enough local players in the squad. Will we have enough strength to play 90 minutes?

- Of course, it is enough. Now we need to go out on the field and score a result. As I said, it would be good if we had more time to prepare. We will play on our own field and we all need to show our game.

About creating another history

- To be honest, I am not thinking about creating history or anything else. I have one task and I am trying to do it. Like the Olympics, qualifying for the World Cup will be a success not only for us, but for all of us.

- As a football player, you participated in the 2014 World Cup qualifiers. In the last round, the match between South Korea and Iran was a special "game". It is likely that similar situations will be noted this time too. What can you say about it?

- To be honest, I am not interested in what happens in other matches. We need to focus on our own game. What makes us happy is that everything is in our hands.

Temur Kapadze on his responsibility to himself

- Each match is a responsibility in its own way. When we qualified for the Olympics, we also had a responsibility in our own way. My rest was very useful. I gained experience.

- The match in the first round was nervous. What should be done so that this match does not happen again?

- Each match is nervous in its own way. If we are lucky, we will try to show our football tomorrow and not give them a chance. But the most important thing is to win. Whether the match is a nervous one or not, we must win first. Follow “Zamin” news on “Telegram”