Jose Maria Mendez noted that Uzbekistan’s Group is not simple. Uzbekistan will play against Kyrgyzstan, Saudi Arabia and Lebanon in the Group A.

He noted that Uzbekistan’s national team began preparations for the tournament in March 2015 and held a number of friendlies and training camps.

Jose Maria Mendez noted the task to progress to final of the tournament was put before the team. “Hopefully we can achieve it with the support of our fans,” he said.