Skipper Hatem Aqel is again sidelined with a knee problem he picked up in the opening Group B draw with Japan while forward Oday Al Saify, who scored the winner against Syria that saw Jordan progress to the last eight, is ruled out of the tournament with a hamstring injury.

Anas Bani Yassen is also rated as doubtful and Basem Fathi is suspended after picking up two yellow cards but despite the depleted numbers, Hamad believes Jordan have enough strength in depth to deal with the setbacks.

“We have already established our formation and the replacements are capable of compensating,” he said.

“The match is very important, we deserved to reach the quarter-finals because we played very well. We face a very strong team in Uzbekistan but we are confident and believe we can win and reach the semi-finals. This is our goal, I'm confident and I trust our players.

“I know that Uzbekistan are strong, have good players, their own style and are disciplined. They were the best in their group but it will be a different situation. We will be focused because the loser will be out of the competition.

“I have plenty of confidence despite the missing players and the Jordanian fans' support is also a very good motivation for us.”

Jordan finished runners-up in Group B following impressive victories over Saudi Arabia and Syria after a creditable opening draw with Japan.

Uzbekistan boss Vadim Abramov felt Hamad's side were perhaps a bit fortunate to reach the last eight and while the Jordan boss hopes lady luck continues to smile on his team, he feels they also deserve plenty of credit for their performances.

“We hope so, luck is very much necessary in football,” he added.

“We hope it will continue until the end of the tournament but we can't survive on just luck alone, this is a very strong tournament and our performances have been very good.”

Hamad also feels it would be beneficial for more countries to follow Jordan's example and employ local coaches instead of looking abroad for the answers to their footballing problems.

“I believe that we have good Arab coaches in the region and they are able to achieve results if they are given the opportunity,” said the Iraqi.