Qatars goalkeeper Qasem Burhan reacts after failing to stop the opening goal by Uzbekistan during their Asian Cup Group A match on Friday. Brett Favre Jersey . Karim Jaafar AFP DOHA - Veteran coach Bruno Metsu has conceded Qatar caved in to the pressure of being host nation in its opening Asian Cup game and urged his team to sort itself out for its next game against China. Odil Akhmedov and Server Djeparov shattered Qatari dreams with second-half goals to hand Uzbekistan a 2-0 win in its Group A encounter on Frida. Central defender Akhmedov laid claim to the first strike of the tournament when he sent a looping 30-yard shot crashing off the underside of the bar and into the net in the 58th minute. Captain Djeparov sealed the win 18 minutes later when he D Brickashaw Ferguson Jersey
made the most of a sloppy back pass by Ibrahim Majed, firing the ball past goal keeper Qasem Burhan. While Khalifa Stadium was at near-\\ capacity, the second goal sparked a mass walkout by disappointed fans, leaving it half empty for an embarrassing end to the game. Frenchman Metsu admitted his teams error-strewn performance was not good enough. It was a very bad start for our team, he said. We wanted to play well for the people, for everybody but we played a very bad game. Im sorry for the fans, for everybody, but sometimes it is very difficult to play well right from the start of a tournament, particularly with pressure on the players. I hope the team will improve and I think it is very possible because there were many mistakes and the players need to give something more for the next game. Qatar finds itself under greater scrutiny ever after its shock victory in the race to hold the 2022 World Cup, and with FIFA President Sepp Blatter among spectators on Friday, the team did not cope well. I think the players wanted to give their best but there was a lot of pressure on them and they forgot everything, said Metsu. Sometimes the opening game is very difficult. Its not the first time a host team has lost its first game. It worked very hard for this game but sometimes the opposite happens and this was the case. It is important to protect the players. If there is one problem, one mistake, its on me. Qatar must now turn its attention to Wednesdays clash with China, another regional perennial underachiever. Metsu knows that nothing but victory will be enough to keep alive its ambitions of reaching the knockout rounds. For us, this game we need to win only, he said. No question, no calculations, nothing. If we want to get to the second round,  Favre Jersey
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