The match, part of the first round of the Asian Cup, took place on January 6 and ended with a victory for the hosts, 1-0.
“We were satisfied with our performance. On the field, we faced opposition from the referees, the spectators, and the Saudi Arabian team as a whole. The referee did his job, and after one of our players was sent off, we were left with ten men, but we managed to maintain our structure and demonstrate solid defensive play. Yes, we fell a bit short, but we will work on that,” Datsiev noted in an interview after the match on the "Kyrgyz Sport TV" channel.
It is worth mentioning that in the 34th minute of the first half, the Chinese referee Fu Ming sent off Arsen Sharshenbekov, and in the 77th minute, he awarded a penalty against the Kyrgyzstan national team.
