Uzbeks honoured by Festival first

"The Asian Football Confederation gave us the honour to hold the AFC U-14 Festival among the teams of four Central Asian countries. The youngest players of these four countries [Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Turkmenistan] will play matches in Tashkent.

"Who knows, may be in several years some of them will become national heroes.

"Teaching and taking care of a healthy generation is one of the critical aims of our country and the UFF pays special attention to the development of grassroots.

"And for us it’s a great honour that Asian Football Confederation is paying great attention to the development of football in our country."