After the final of the CAFA Nations Cup-2025 tournament between the national teams of Uzbekistan and Iran, the winning team's coach, Timur Kapadze, participated in a press conference.
- First of all, I congratulate everyone on the victory! It was a difficult meeting. We knew it wouldn't be easy, because it was clear that no one wanted to lose.
- Today's game was really nervous. What can you say about the arbitration? Iranians are very dissatisfied...
- When did the Iranian national team agree? It's always been like this. This is characteristic of them. I don't know, I haven't seen the episodes. VAR reviewed it and made a decision. Excuse me, but such cases have been observed many times in Iran as well. Most importantly, we managed to win.
- Eldor Shomurodov is trying hard, but it's not working out...
- He was in good condition. Both his mood and his approach to the game were in order. We took the tournament seriously. Eldor has experience; he's not a young player. It's natural for them to expect even more.
- In the first half, when Eldor Shomurodov was in action, there were many overhead passes, in the second half, when Igor Sergeev came off the bench, the passes in the game began to be made mainly from the ground... What can you say about this?
- It was necessary to play different games, both from below and from above. At the beginning of the second half, we made a lot of mistakes. Iran also took advantage of our mistakes. I think it was necessary to meet them. Then I gave instructions and we tried to play differently in extra time.
- To add to the previous question, I want to say that in the second half there were many tall players on the field. Abbas is mainly active in the battles on the second floor. Was this some kind of secret plan or coincidence?
- Of course, this happened because Abbos Fayzullayev played in attack. Due to his short stature, the defenders probably didn't pay much attention to him. In my opinion, the main thing is that we won.
- During the tournament, you constantly resorted to rotation. When O'tkir Yusupov was injured, you gave Vladimir Nazarov a chance. Was he better prepared for the match than Ergashev?
- "Of course, we did this in consultation with the goalkeeping coach. Therefore, we fearlessly put him on the field. There was an opportunity to test many players in this competition. We looked at everyone's capabilities. Some made their debut, some returned to the national team after not playing for a long time.
- According to the preliminary conclusion of doctors, how serious is Utkir Yusupov's injury?
- "We'll find out after the MRI." If the doctors investigate, everything will be clear soon.
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