Cooper: Defeat against Palestine is a hard lesson for Uzbekistan

Hector Cooper, coach of Uzbekistan, expressed his outrage after his 2-0 defeat to Palestine in his match against Faisal Husseini in the first round of the 2022 World Cup qualifiers and the FIFA World Cup. ;Asia. 2023.

"I'm angry at the players, things were going well until the first goal was reached," Hector Cooper told the official website of the Palestinian Football Association.

The former Egyptian coach, "the opportunities are still ahead of us, that's the beginning and there are other opportunities, and we must learn from this hard lesson," explaining that the change that he brought to strengthen the attack did not lead to the desired result.

The goals of Palestine were scored by Uday Al-Dabbagh and Islam Al-Batran in the 60th and 84th minutes.

Palestine won three valuable points early in their qualifying campaign, while Uzbekistan, led by former coach Hector Cooper, lost money.

Palestine and Uzbekistan were part of Group D with Saudi Arabia, Yemen and Singapore.