Uzbekistan not only finished as runners-up in U23 Asia 2022, but also won a tournament in 2018. Therefore, I think they are definitely capable of beating the champions again.
I expect Uzbekistan to make fairly positive strides in their first game of this year's Group D tournament and try to build an offense through friction passes and will always play offensively rather than defensively to be able to overpower their opponents.
I believe his striker Rochav will be a central player in this area and I also believe he can pose a big threat up front.
In development, Malaysia is another Asian team whose national team also showed some strength in Asia earlier in the year and everyone can't look down on them.
However, while their U23 team has certainly made progress on an organizational level, I still feel they are missing some good guys who can rewrite the war situation on their own.
One of the guys I'm interested in seeing play is Sensuden. Although the kid is only 22 years old, he's already gotten a few starts since joining YSCC Yokohama in the Japanese third division this year.
Everyone can see the difference in strength between the two sides from the other age groups. However, since Uzbekistan is a team that can point to the championship with a sword, I expect them to win this battle easily, scoring all 3 points.
Szullov is a striker who has the ability to get the ball to the net. In addition, he has already scored goals for his national team. I expect him to cause a lot of problems for the opposition in this year's tournament.
However, I still believe there is a big gap between the overall strengths of the two sides and I expect Saudi Arabia to win this battle easily.
