Marko Nikolic highly praised Abbosbek Fayzullayev's performance against Dinamo

CSKA, the club where the striker of the Uzbekistan national team, Abbasbek Fayzullaev, plays, has made a successful start to 2025. In the 22nd round of the Russian Premier League, the “army” defeated the Makhachkala “Dynamo” team 2:0 at home.

Fayzullaev returns from the national team and plays in the main squad

Despite actively participating in the matches against the national teams of Kyrgyzstan and Iran during the FIFA days, Abbasbek returned to the CSKA team and took a place in the starting lineup in the Premier League match. This indicates that he is becoming an important player for the team.

CSKA drew their first match of the new year with Zenit, the strongest team in Russia in recent years. They have also won their next three Premier League matches in a row.

Marko Nikolic praises Fayzullaev's performance

After the match, CSKA coach Marko Nikolic expressed his satisfaction with the players' performance and also commented on Fayzullaev:

"Well done to the players, we managed to keep a clean sheet and achieve an important victory. We played well, created a hundred chances, the game was very entertaining. First of all, I mean the 100 percent chances of Tamerlan Musaev and Abbasbek Fayzullaev, who were one-on-one with the goalkeeper."

Nikolic said that special training was carried out before the match to use set pieces and that the players' individual actions would be discussed.

He added about Fayzullaev:

“Abbosbek continues to grow. I see that he has great potential. He needs to work on finishing attacks effectively. If he does that, he will reach a level where he can score ten goals and provide ten assists and no one will be able to stop him.”

“He has completely adapted to the new game plan. Also, we must not forget that he played while fasting. We have six Muslim players in our team. We have to take into account the condition of each player.”

CSKA is striving for the championship

The CSKA head coach said this about the team’s main goal:

“I said that I want to fight for the championship, but we will approach this issue a little more modestly. Right now, this process is going well, but every next game is like a final for us.”

Fayzullaev's statistics at CSKA

The 21-year-old Abbasbek Fayzullaev, who joined CSKA in the summer of 2023, has played in 28 matches in all club competitions this season, scoring 3 goals and providing 7 assists.

The player's game is improving and Nikolic considers him one of the key figures, giving rise to hope for a bright future for him. Follow “Zamin” news on “Telegram”