Jordan plays Uzbekistan in friendly

AMMAN — The national football team plays Uzbekistan on Thursday in the second of three friendlies scheduled this month as part of their training agenda for the 2019 Asian Cup qualifiers.

Jordan held Iraq to a goalless draw this week and following the match in Taskhent, the squad will host the Lebanese team on the 15th with coach Abdullah Abu Zam’eh underlining that the friendlies would help boost “cohesiveness and help improve the national team’s FIFA ranking” which dropped 18 places to 104th in the latest table.

Jordan is now at it’s the lowest ranking of 2016 and dropped out of the Asian top 10 after unimpressive results last month losing to the Moroccan second tier team 2-1 and holding Oman 1-1 after three earlier results in which they held Bahrain 0-0, Lebanon 1-1 and lost 3-2 to Qatar.