Fabio Cannavaro: ‘Uzbeks are tough, never give up. Playing them is a pain in the arse’

In an exclusive interview, the former World Cup winner talks about taking Uzbekistan to the 2026 World Cup and a project close to his heart in NaplesUzbekistan may have made history by qualifying for the World Cup for the first time in the country’s 34 years of independence in June after losing only once in 15 qualifiers. But they then had a problem: Timur Kapadze stepped down and they needed a head coach for next year’s tournament.They turned to Fabio Cannavaro, Italy’s 2006 W