How did Manchester City react to Khusanov's performance in the national team?

The Uzbekistan national team has a good chance of qualifying for the 2026 World Cup, which will be hosted by the USA, Canada and Mexico.

Our players are in second place in their group in the third round of the regional qualifying tournament with 16 points after the seventh round, three points behind the leader Iran.

In Timur Kapadze's first official match as the head coach of the national team, our players defeated the representatives of the Kyrgyz Republic by a narrow margin. In the match in Tashkent, Manchester City central defender Abdukadir Khusanov made a worthy contribution to keeping our goal intact.

The official website of Manchester City began its reaction to the matches of its players on the international stage by analyzing Abdukadir Khusanov's game.

- The Uzbekistan national team defeated the Kyrgyz Republic 1-0, reduced to ten men after a red card. Abdukadir Khusanov played a full match in the match and contributed to ensuring that his team's goal was not damaged.

With this victory, the Uzbeks retain the second place in Group A of the regional qualifying tournament, which gives them a direct qualification for the 2026 FIFA World Cup, behind Iran, with three matches remaining.

In the first half of the match, held in Khusanov's hometown of Tashkent, the Kyrgyz defender Said Datsiev was sent off after receiving a direct red card. The only goal of the match was scored by Pakhtakor's Hodzhiakbar Alijanov in the 40th minute.

In Abdukadir's 19th match for the national team, the hosts maintained the advantage from start to finish and had a total of 20 shots on goal, 9 of which were on target.

Group favourites Iran beat the United Arab Emirates 2-0, allowing Uzbekistan to move six points clear of third-placed Emirates and move one step closer to a historic World Cup, writes David Clayton, an expert on Manchester City's official website mancity.com.

The Uzbekistan national team will play one of the most important away matches in the group on March 25. Our players will face the group favourites Iran. A positive result in this match will take the Persians to the World Cup ahead of schedule.

The Uzbek football masters, however, will try not to lose in the match against the Iranians and maintain the gap with the chasing teams in third place.

Timur Kapadze's team will conclude the third stage of the World Cup regional qualifying tournament in June with matches against their main pursuers - the United Arab Emirates and Qatar. Follow “Zamin” news on “Telegram”