Rustam Ashurmatov is one of Esteghlal’s players who is available to the Uzbekistan national team in November Fifadi. Fabio Cannavaro, the head coach of the Uzbeks, has invited this defender to the national team to participate in the training camp and two friendly matches against Russia and Saudi Arabia.
Uzbekistan will host Russia on Thursday, November 21 in Tashkent, and on Tuesday, November 26, it will face Saudi Arabia in its second friendly match. The second match will be held at the Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium in Doha. A place that can become especially important for Esteghlal and Ashurmatov.
According to what has been heard from those close to the Esteghlal club, it is possible that after the match against Saudi Arabia, Ashuramatov will stay in Qatar instead of returning to Tehran, and from there he will go to the UAE to join the Esteghlal camp. It is said that this proposal was made due to travel conditions and flight restrictions so that the Uzbek defender has a shorter route to join his teammates.
Esteghlal is going to face the representative of the UAE on Monday, December 2, at Hazza Bin Zayed Stadium in Al-Ain. In this way, if Ashourmatov’s proposed program is approved by the club, he can probably join the blue-clad team in the UAE without returning to Tehran after the end of his national camp in Qatar. Of course, the club has not officially announced it yet.
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