Baghdad – IA
Our national football team is playing an important match today, Friday, against its Japanese counterpart for the second round of the Asian Cup Group D competitions currently being held in Qatar.
The (INA) correspondent stated, “The match will be held at the Education City Stadium in the Al-Rayyan area, at exactly two-thirty in the afternoon, Baghdad time.”
He added, “It is hoped that our national team will play with a squad consisting of: Jalal Hassan for goalkeeping, Saad Natiq, Hussein Ali, Ali Adnan, and Mirkhas Dosky for the defense line, Osama Rashid, Amir Al-Ammari, and Zidane Iqbal for the midfield, Ibrahim Bayesh, Muhannad Ali, and Ali Jassim.” For the offensive line.
Our national team had begun the finals of the 18th edition of the Asian Nations Cup, with a valuable victory over its Indonesian counterpart (3-1) in the match that brought them together last Monday, at the Ahmed Bin Ali World Cup Stadium at Al Sadd Club.
Our team occupies second place in Group Four, behind on goal difference behind its Japanese counterpart, who opened this group’s competitions with an exciting victory over its Vietnamese counterpart (4-2) in the match that brought them together last Sunday, at Al Thumama Stadium in the capital, Doha.