The national team of Georgia will play friendly match against Uzbekistan on January 23, 2017. As the press service of GFF reports, the team of Vladimir Weiss will face the national team of Uzbekistan in Dubai.

The friendly match will be held in the range of 2018 world qualifying round’s preparatory stage. It should be noted, that January 23 is not included in the FIFA calendar as the official date. By the decision of the coaching staff, the national team will be composed with the players of the Georgian football championship and the legionaries, who have less experience of playing for the team.

Recall that the national team of Georgia will have the first official match of the year on March 24, in Tbilisi, against Serbia.

Uzbekistan national team is in the 62th place in FIFA ranking. They played the last match against South Korea and lost 1:2. The Uzbeks have a chance to hit the World Cup and for this, they have to take 1^st-2^nd place and in case of 3^rd place, they will hit the play-offs. Now, Uzbeks occupy the third place, but they are 2-point behind Iran and 1-point behind South Korea.