During the meeting at the UFF with coaches and managers of Uzbek clubs, he analyzed recent match between Pakhtakor and Metallurg. Pakhtakor clinched a 3-2 victory, despite trailing with the score 0-2.

He noted that Council of experts on fighting match-fixing was created, so the matches in the league were exciting and attracted fans to stadiums.

He said that coach of Metallurg Rustam Mirsadikov lost his license till the end of current season. He said that Mirsadikov’s activities caused concern in previous years as well.

He said that the match between Pakhtakor and Metallurg is a shame and Mirsadikov should be punished. He said that the Council of experts considered match and did not find any wrong doing by Pakhtakor, but he added that Pakhtakor will be punished by the end of the season.

UFF President said that it is necessary to introduce changes to rules of the league, so the clubs, coaches and officials could be punished. He said that clubs should be stripped points, titles and relegated to lower divisions for match-fixing.

At the same time, he called Pakhtakor management to resign.

He added that top officials of the clubs are suspected in match-fixing activities. If people, connected to match fixing, are not going to resign, they will be banned from football activities, he said.