The former golden ball and blue captain will lead the Asian national team in the first historic participation in a World Championship
Only the official announcement was missing, which came with a post published by the Federation: Fabio Cannavaro is the new CT of Uzbekistan and will lead the Asian national team to the 2026 World Cup. For a curious game of destiny, the former captain will return as a protagonist in a world championship twenty years after the magical night of Berlin, in which he raised the cup as a captain of Italy. Cannavaro will have a few months to get to know the players and study the right strategy: for Uzbekistan it is absolute debut in a World Cup.
the announcement
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“The Uzbekistan football federation – the announcement on social media, after the treatises IVE of recent days – signed a contract with Fabio Cannavaro, 2006 world champion and one of the best defenders of the modern era. The CT will guide our national team in preparation for the Fifa World Cup to be held in the United States, Canada and Mexico “. With Cannavaro will also work the deputy Eugenio Albarella, the collaborator Francesco Troise and the goalkeeper trainer Antonio Chimenti.
the path and the stars
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Uzbekistan qualified in the World Cup by closing the qualifying group in second place behind Iran: among the Stars of the Asian national team, in addition to the captain and recordman of goals Shomurodov, owned by Rome but on loan to the Istanbul Basaksehir, there is also the defender Khusanov, paid over 40 million from the City of Guardiola, who can now ask for advice from the new CT. Uzbekistan has never participated in a world championship, while in the Asia Cup he obtained a fourth place in 2011 as the best result.
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