Who should take the penalty kick in the Uzbekistan national team?

On March 20, the Uzbekistan national team played a World Cup qualifier against Kyrgyzstan and won 1:0. In the 26th minute of the match, Eldor Shomurodov missed a penalty kick.

In general, recently, there has been a problem with the accurate use of the penalty kick among Uzbekistan's teams of different ages. "Daryo" was interested in the opinions of the famous commentator Mirzahakim Tokhtamirzaev on this issue.

In his opinion, Abdukоdir Khusanov should have taken the penalty kick that day.

"There is a big difference between taking a penalty in training and taking one in front of thousands of fans. Because if a player scores or misses a goal in training, nothing changes. But during a match, he only has one chance. That's why the mental pressure of whether he can take a penalty kick takes its toll. Every player in the world can make a mistake when taking a penalty kick. That's part of football. Ronaldo recently missed a penalty kick in the match against Denmark. But we know how the Portuguese player trains.

Even the stars who are considered true masters of their craft - Mbappe, Vinicius or other stars - can't convert a penalty into a goal. In my opinion, the penalty should have been given to Abdukodir Khusanov that day. Because when he played for Energetik BGU, he managed to score both from a free kick and a penalty kick. If Khusanov had scored that day, it would have been a real celebration. ", says Mirzahakim Tokhtamirzaev.

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