With the United Arab Emirates defeating Malaysia 5-3 in Group B’s later match on Saturday, Iran joined the West Asians in confirming their quarter-final spots with a match to spare.
Iran and UAE will square off on Monday to decide the group winners.
Iran settled quickly with Ali Mirshekari testing Uzbekistan keeper Abdukarim Mukhamedov in the first minute.
Uzbekistan’s hopes of bouncing back from their opening-day defeat against UAE suffered a setback as Mirshekari found the back of the net when he sent a swerving shot past Mukhamedov in the third minute.
Uzbekistan tried to force their way back with Iyos Mallaev testing Iran keeper Seyedmahdi Mirjajili from close range, only for Iran to increase their tempo with Movahed Mohammadpour collecting a wonderful pass from Mohammadali Mokhtari to slot home from close range.
Iran continued to dictate play in the second half and it wasn’t long before the floodgates were opened with Mokhtari deflecting Mahdi Shirmohammadi’s shot into the back of the net from close range in the 14th minute.
Mohammadpour then collected his second goal of the evening when he calmly controlled Shirmohammadi’s pass to net Iran’s fourth in the 16th minute.
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Uzbekistan, however, managed to pull one back in the 19th minute when Jamshid Rasulov scored from close range, steering home Mallaev’s corner.
Iran retaliated by scoring twice in the space of three minutes through Reza Amiri Zadeh and Mirshekari to put them 6-1 up at the 23rd minute mark.
Uzbekistan kept trying and scored their second through Mallaev’s spot-kick, but Moslem Mesigar responded for Iran with a looping header as they stayed firmly in control.
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Iran furthered their advantage in the third half with Mokhtari scoring their ninth in the 26th minute before goals from Mesigar (33rd) and Shirmohammadi (36th) made it 10-2.
Mokhtari then added the final goal of the evening in the closing seconds to complete a comprehensive victory.