Uzbekistan vs Syria 4-1

Uzbekistan beat Syria 4-1 in Tashkent after taking control before half-time and adding two more after the break. S. Esanov’s opener and A. Mozgovoy’s finish on the stroke of half-time gave them a 2-0 lead, and late goals from K. Norchaev and an unnamed scorer after the 90th minute settled it.

Esanov opened the scoring in the 27th minute, finishing from K. Norchaev’s assist for 1-0. A. Mozgovoy then made it 2-0 in the 45th minute. Syria went into the interval two down after those two goals.

Uzbekistan moved to 3-0 four minutes after the restart when K. Norchaev scored from A. Fayzullaev’s pass. Syria made three changes on 46 minutes, with A. Al Dali, M. Al Aswad and another player coming off, and later made two more on 59 minutes, but they still conceded again when Uzbekistan made it 4-0 on 90 minutes. Syria got one back three minutes into stoppage time for 4-1.

Uzbekistan scored four times to Syria’s one, with the goals coming in the 27th, 45th, 48th, 90th and 90+3 minutes. The timeline shows two bookings and no sending-off.

M. Al Aswad was booked in the 11th minute, and M. Makhamadzhonov was booked in the 78th minute.