You should not take the Uzbekistan Under-23 side lightly, as the battered and bruised South Koreans can testify.
Taking part in the 2015 Kings Cup and playing in the interestingly named 80th Birthday Stadium in Thailand, there was nothing celebratory about this contest, although the Koreans will have been happy to escape with a 1-0 victory – as well as their lives.
It was following Song Ju-hun’s 22nd-minute opener when things turned violent, with Sherzod Fayziyev producing a ridiculously late challenge, reports the Daily Telegraph.
More Uzbekistan brutality was to come, with team-mate Farrukh Sayfiev dismissed for an outrageous ‘neck-high’ tackle.
Unable to control their temper, the side were soon reduced to nine men when Shamsitdinov Tokhirjon saw red for remarkably throwing a score of punches at an opponent.
Clearly aware this was not the stuff of kings, an apology from the Uzbekistan Football Association swiftly followed the fixture.
Ouch! Kings Cup clash between South Korea and Uzbekistan turns ugly with crazy tackles and punches thrown
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