Baghdad – IA
Our junior team’s match with its Saudi counterpart has now begun, which will be held at Al Sa’ada Stadium in the city of Salalah in the Dhofar Governorate of Oman, as part of the two semi-final matches of the West Asian Federation’s Junior U-17 Championship.
Our team will play today’s match with a lineup that includes Ammar Ali for goalkeeping, Alaa Wahid, Karar Kazem, Zain Al-Abidin Jassim, Jassim Ahmed, Munjid Abbas, Ahmed Yasser, Ahmed Ali Abdullah, Qasour Ali, Mustafa Haitham, and Ali Ammar.
Our team had qualified for the semi-finals after coming in second place in its first group with 4 points behind the leader, the Yemen team, which topped the group with a full mark with 9 points, while the Saudi team came first in its second group with 5 points, and the UAE came second with 4 points. .
It is noteworthy that the Yemeni national team qualified for the final of the tournament, which will be held the day after tomorrow, Wednesday, after defeating the UAE 2-0.