On Thursday, Bunyodkor played Mashal within Uzbekistan Premier League and no Brazilian players of Tashkent club were in squad. Despite this, Bunyodkor won with the score 2-0.

After the match, journalists questioned Kasimov on absence of Brazilian players. He answered that there are various reasons. He added that some of foreign players will leave the club and Bunyodkor will announce about this soon.

Bunyodkor have four Brazilian players – Rivaldo, Denilson, Ramos and Joao Victor, and one Macedonian player Stevica Ristic. For last several days, Brazilian media are reporting about move of Rivaldo to Brazil.