Tajik football got put on hold as mentioned earlier, but not before a new talent rose up in the ranks of Istiqlol. The Johan Cruijff of Dushanbe, #14 Sheriddin Boboev (20 years old), had to be substituted after a little over 20 minutes and was replaced by 17 year old Rustam Soirov...who went on to score a hattrick in the 6-1 win against Kuktosh. Their Ghanaian defender Prince Arthur was definitely the....let's say, least impressive player on the field: he was negatively involved in at least four of Istiqlol's goals, most of the time by looking as if he was fast asleep and only responded a second or two later.