Australia setting sights on a win in Tashkent

Qantas Socceroo, Brett Holman, said Australia is definitely treating the upcoming match against Uzbekistan as very important, with sights set on coming home with a win.

Qantas Socceroo, Brett Holman, said Australia is definitely treating the upcoming match against Uzbekistan as very important, with sights set on coming home with a win.

Uzbekistan played their first match in the qualifying round on Sunday against Qatar in Doha and were defeated 3-0.

But Qantas Socceroo, Brett Holman warns that Australia is not being complacent as Uzbekistan has a good team which has seen them through to the second round of World Cup qualifiers.

"I don't think you should look at results they have played in the last couple of matches. We should worry about ourselves and how we're going to play the game and look forward to the game,” said Holman.

“I know that Uzbekistan have a good team, otherwise they wouldn't have qualified for the second round.

“We've had one training session and we'll get stuck into it the day before the game, and hopefully come home with three points,” Holman said.

Holman added that he is pleased by the current weather conditions on arrival into Tashkent.

Australia needs to finish in the top two of its group to qualify for the 2010 FIFA World Cup at the completion of this round in June 2009.

The match will be broadcast live and exclusive on FOX Sports 3 from 1.30am on Thursday.

The Socceroos play their first home game of the series when they meet joint group leaders Qatar in Brisbane on 15 October.

2010 FIFA World Cup Asian Qualifier - Round 4

Uzbekistan v Australia Wednesday 10 September 2008 Pakhtakor Markaziy Stadium, Tashkent, Uzbekistan Kick Off 8.30pm UZT (2030hrs) (1.30am AEST, Thursday 11 September 2008)

2010 FIFA World Cup Asian Qualifier - Round 4 - Fixture Schedule

06 Sep 2008: Bahrain v Japan - 2-3 06 Sep 2008: Qatar v Uzbekistan - 3-0 10 Sep 2008: Uzbekistan v Australia 10 Sep 2008: Qatar v Bahrain 15 Oct 2008: Australia v Qatar 15 Oct 2008: Japan v Uzbekistan 19 Nov 2008: Qatar v Japan 19 Nov 2008: Bahrain v Australia 11 Feb 2009: Uzbekistan v. Bahrain 11 Feb 2009: Japan v Australia 28 Mar 2009: Japan v Bahrain 28 Mar 2009: Uzbekistan v Qatar 1 Apr 2009: Australia v Uzbekistan 1 Apr 2009: Bahrain v Qatar 6 Jun 2009: Qatar v Australia 6 Jun 2009: Uzbekistan v Japan 10 Jun 2009: Japan v Qatar 10 Jun 2009: Australia v Bahrain 17 Jun 2009: Bahrain v Uzbekistan 17 Jun 2009: Australia v Japan