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India vs Uzbekistan AFC Asian Cup 2024 Highlights: India Slump To 0-3 Defeat Against Uzbekistan

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India vs Uzbekistan Highlights, AFC Asian Cup 2024:  India fell to a second straight defeat at the AFC Asian Cup 2024 on Thursday, losing 3-0 to Uzbekistan, all the goals coming in a torrid first half for Igor Stimac's team.

The result put Uzbekistan in pole position to qualify along with Australia from Group B with one round of matches to go. The Uzbeks were ahead within five minutes in Doha, through an Abbosbek Fayzullaev header, the 20-year-old CSKA Moscow winger nodding in Otabek Shukurov's looping header.

Their hopes of a comeback were extinguished during first-half stoppage time, Sherzod Nasrullaev exploiting some statuesque defending to notch a third.

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