Yeah idk man, I'm not buying his approach. There is genuinely no reason to decide to experiment with a back three against Colombia of all teams after being one of the best defensive teams in Asia for the last year or two
It's genuinely upsetting. I haven't seen anything promising from the Uzbeks since November when they beat Egypt and Iran (on penalties). I mean, what have they done since then? They drew China (it was a weird ass format but they were still 2-0 down really early on), they smacked Gabon who are probably the most demoralized national team of all time, they beat Venezuela on penalties, and their other five results were GENUINELY awful. Contrast that to round 3 of qualifying where their only loss was a 2-3 to Akram Afif (respectable, he's the goat), it's hecking night and day dude. I wish the Uzbeks were better