Today, November 19, the Kyrgyz national team will play the return match with Iran as part of the qualifying stage of the World Cup. The meeting will start at 20:00 and will be held at the stadium. D. Omurzakova in Bishkek.
Traditionally, before the start of the match there will be a show program, among its participants is the musical duo of DJ Khan and musician Syrreal.
In today’s match, the Kyrgyz national team will take the field in red uniforms, and its opponents will wear white uniforms.
The bookmakers did not stand aside, and bets on the victory of the Iranian national team are accepted with odds of 1.20. A draw is estimated at 6.00, and a victory for Kyrgyzstan is estimated at 17.00.
Due to the match, traffic will be limited on some central streets of Bishkek near the stadium from 14:00 until the end of the game.
In particular, the square will be blocked:
- he. Frunze – from ul. Togoloka Moldo to ul. Panfilova;
- ul. Togoloka Moldo – ot pr. Chui do ul. Frunze.
Maxim Lisitsyn.
At the pre-match press conference, the head coach of the Kyrgyz national football team, Maxim Lisitsyn, noted that his team would face “a strong team with top players.”
“As you know, we played a difficult and ultimately unsuccessful match away. Therefore, our main task was, in addition to restoring the guys physically, to try to reboot them psychologically and prepare them for tomorrow’s very difficult match,” he said.
Let us note that with the meeting with Iran the team begins the second round of matches in Group A, where all return games will take place. During the first round, the team played five matches, winning one victory and suffering four defeats.
Results of Kyrgyzstan’s first round matches:
- Iran – Kyrgyzstan – 1:0;
- Kyrgyzstan – Uzbekistan – 2:3;
- Qatar – Kyrgyzstan – 3:1;
- Kyrgyzstan – North Korea – 1:0;
- UAE – Kyrgyzstan – 3:0.
Let us remind you that in Group A the Kyrgyz national team plays with such teams – leaders of the Asian continent as Iran, Qatar, Uzbekistan, North Korea and the UAE.
Before the start of the second round, the team is in fifth place in the Group A standings, with the DPRK in last place. The leader of the group is Iran, Uzbekistan is in second place, followed by the UAE and Qatar.
The third qualifying round on the Asian continent involves 18 teams, divided into three groups of six teams. The top two from each group advance directly to the World Championship finals. The teams that take third and fourth places advance to the fourth round, where they will compete for two more tickets to the World Cup, and the teams that take second place will play each other. The winner advances to the intercontinental play-off match.
