The Uzbekistan national team will likely be without one of its key defensive pairings at the World Cup. Khusniddin Alikulov, the regular centre-back partner of Abdukodir Khusanov, has been ruled out for six to nine months due to injury and is highly unlikely to recover in time for the tournament. Alikulov was injured on 19 … Continue reading Khusanov left without his regular centre-back partner for the World Cup