On February 21, the football team from Karshi, Nasaf, competed away in the AFC Champions League quarterfinals second leg against the UAE's Al Ain. The fiercely contested match ended with the UAE team securing the victory (2:1).

Al Ain, the 2003 AFC Champions League winners, will host the first leg against Al Nassr on March 4.

For information, in this stage, Namangan's Navbahor team will compete today against Saudi Arabia's Al Ittihad for a spot in the quarterfinals of the competition. The match will start at 21:00 Tashkent time.