Haydarov scribbled the words on a piece of paper and held it up for media ahead of Uzbekistan's Group C opener against the regional giants.

The under-23 captain was bullish about Uzbekistan's chances, pointing to the earlier matches where not one of the favourites has won.

"All teams have come to Malaysia to win and qualify for the next round. There are no easy opponents in this tournament -- look at Oman drawing 1-1 with Australia," said the 22-year-old.

"If we build our game in the proper way we can have success." Uzbekistan, who won the 1994 Asian Games title but only scraped into the Asian Cup in final qualifying.

"We will try to win all our matches but Iran are a very good team and I think a draw with Iran is a good result for any team," he said.

The former Soviet republic will at least be confident of improving on the last Asian Cup, where they shipped 14 goals against just two scored in their three group matches.