"We got what we wanted," Abramov told the official Uzbekistan Football Federation website.

"Of course, we respect all the teams in our group, but definitely we must beat Malaysia and India. They are not strongest in qualification."

Uzbekistan, the first side to qualify for the fourth round of Asian 2010 World Cup qualifiers, open their Asian Cup campaign at home to India, who were positioned almost 100 places lower that Abramov’s men in the July edition of the FIFA World Ranking.