He said that Uzbekistan showed good and quality football against New Zealand. Both coaches and fans are happy for victory. He expressed hope that Uzbekistan will improve further and share joy to people.

Kasimov said that there were few fans at the stadium like in match against Jordan, but expressed his assurance that such impressive victories will attract more fans.

New Zealand coach Anthony Hudson expressed gratitude to Uzbekistan for good game and acknowledged that hosts were better side.

Anthony Hudson recalled that before the match he said the match will be interesting and he was right. He said the match was useful. Uzbekistan was excellent and New Zealand was not ready for such pressure from the start.

The Uzbek team was ideal and event substitutes also improved the game of Uzbekistan, he said.