HONG KONG (Reuters) - After flirting with becoming an Asian football power for much of the quarter of a century since independence, Uzbekistan could finally clinch a place at the sport's top table over the next two weeks.
Although their path is still by no means straightforward, victories in their remaining qualifiers against China and South Korea would secure the landlocked Central Asian nation of 30 million people a maiden appearance at the World Cup finals.
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