Uzbekistan may have to play a semi -final without the audience

In the 10th minute in the quarterfinals at Pakhtakor, goalkeeper Uzbekistan Abduvohid Nematov was disqualified for the elbow on the striker Hassan Raed in the penalty, and Iraq was entitled to a penalty.

The referee's decision was strongly opposed by 32,000 host spectators. Some extremists threw bricks, water bottles and other hard objects at the stadium, endangering Iraqi players and injuring a photojournalist and a television reporter.

The game was interrupted for more than 10 minutes, and Iraq scored a penalty. Playing without anyone, Uzbekistan still drew 2-2 after 120 minutes before winning 3-2 on penalties.

After the game, Iraq coach Miroslav Sukupu said the referee should stop the game because of the dangerous behavior of the home fans. He also suggested that the AFC step in and deal with the home team. The Czech military leader said: "It is not normal for home spectators to throw a rain of hard objects at our players."

Some sources from the Championat. asia said Uzbekistan may have to fight in an empty stadium in a semi-semi-conjunction with Japan is considered a number-one candidate after the bottom of Korea-3-0 in the four-12-6-6-3-6 soccer game.

This semi-final match will be at 21h/6 (23h on Internal Time, on Bunyokor Park.