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The Iraqi joy of defeating Lebanon (AFP)
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Karbala (AFP)
The Iraqi team won the opening match of the ninth edition of the West Asian Football Championship, beating Lebanon 1-0 in Lebanon at Karbala International Stadium on Sunday, with more than 27,000 spectators of the first group.
Iraq is hosting from July 30 to August 14 the nine-team West Asian Championship, which is being distributed to two groups playing in matches in the cities of Karbala and Erbil.
The first group includes Iraq, Lebanon and Palestine, Yemen and Syria, while the second group includes teams from Jordan, Kuwait, Bahrain and Saudi Arabia and plays in the city from Erbil, in the north of the country.
The Palestinian team scored a similar result to the host country, beating Yemen 1-0.
In the first match, the Lebanese team began the match cautiously and tried to maintain their defensive cohesion in the first minutes to contain the willingness of the owner and the public to open the registrations earlier.
Over time, contrary to expectations, the Lebanese team began to compete with its hosts and managed to reach goalkeeper Mohammed Hamid in addition to one attempt, the most dangerous of leader Hbadan Maatouk, who shot at butt.
The owner of the house tried to take over the initiative and approached the Lebanese team goalkeeper Mahdi Khalil, who did not undergo any attempts during the first period, when the guests were the best.
Noor Mansour opened the scoring for the Lebanese team a powerful shot before the end of this half-hour, but his attempt was surpbaded.
In the second half, the Iraqi team 's performance improved after two deliberate changes at the technical staff level, in order to increase the center' s effectiveness by involving Safa Hadi in the place of the team. Amjad Atwan, Alaa Abbas instead of Ayman Hussein.
In the 52nd minute, the Iraqi team managed to advance the only goal of the match Hussein Ali, who invested the departure of goalkeeper Mahdi Khalil, as well as the confusion of the defense of Lebanon, and sent the ball at goal.
In the second match on the same field, the Palestinian and Yemeni teams started the first period with mutual exchanges, but over time, the first one was imposed, thanks to the harmony created by the 39 experience of his veterans, including his leader Abdullatif Bahdari. 21, but it was slightly above.
In the 26th minute, defender of the Palestinian team Abdul Latif al-Bahdari hit high and headed to teammate Ybader Hamad, who also completed goalkeeper Salem Awad's head.
The Palestinian team maintained their advantage in the second half and tried to strengthen their lead to settle the game. However, the result did not change after Uday Dabbagh missed a second goal because from a slow strike to the 72nd minute.
Two minutes before the end of the match, Yemeni Al-Dabbagh responded to Al-Dabbagh's last attempt against the Palestinian team and meeting.
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