Iraq joins Bahrain in the West Asian final

The Iraqi team qualified Sunday for the last game of the West Asian Football Championship. The Iraqi team beat Yemen 2-0 in the fourth round of Group A matches. Ibrahim Baish and Hussein Al-Saidi scored from the penalty spot in the 26th and 31st minutes.

For its part, the Palestinian team beat Syria against four goals in three. Thus, the Iraqi team is leading the group with 10 points, the second Palestinian team with 7 points, the third yemen with 4 points difference in goal difference against Lebanon and Syria fifth with two points. With this result, the Iraqi team has made an appointment with his counterpart Bahraini for the final of the championship scheduled for next Wednesday.

Iraqi coach Strijko Katanic said the Mesopotamian team deserved to qualify for the West Asian Championship final, after a remarkable performance against Yemen, which won 2-1. Katanic congratulated the Iraqi fans at the press conference held after the meeting, stressing that his team deserved to be present in the final after the outstanding performance, especially in the first half, when all the players appeared and took possession of the ball .

The Iraqi coach said his performance dropped in the second half because of the stress: "We have tried to put a number of players back and give the opportunity to the greatest number of young people. was an opportunity for Yemen, who managed to score at the last minute because of individual mistakes. " "The team will play the final against Bahrain, and we are interested in continuing the technical upward performance, then by thinking about the championship title." "Iraqi fans are interested in the title and we must strive to make them happy," he said.