What did the FC Eastern head coach say about the defeat by FC Sogdiana?

FC Sogdiana - FC Eastern match, which took a place in the interregional semi-final of the AFC Cup, ended. In it, the hosts won with a score of 1: 0.

The press conference organized after the competition was attended by the invited mentor Roberto Lasada, who commented: "as expected, the game was difficult. The opposing team acted very tightly and organized. For this reason, we tried to rely on counterattacks. To be honest, our students did everything they could today.

We had a rather narrow spare seat. This is also the reason why we were unable to improve the game. But I'm proud of my players. Today my students gave everything they had. It was not easy to resist the opponent's blows, passes from the flank and tight tactics. I thank the player on every line.

The enemy made very strong attacks. Admittedly, the goalkeeper also performed much better. It was he who solved the situation in which we should have scored.

FC Sogdiana is a very strong team with several foreign players. According to the budget, they are also one of the leading teams in Uzbekistan. Take into account one more aspect: Uzbekistan ranks 77th in the FIFA ranking, and we are below a hundred. This also speaks for itself.

We have participated in 4 competitions in the last 8 months. I think we won both of the previous arguments only thanks to luck. Because we don't have a championship, the pandemic situation is very difficult. Even in parks, instead of a stadium, we had to deal with 2-3 players. Nevertheless, we were able to offer the opponent an equal fight."