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Prince Ali Bin Al Hussein, President of the West Asian Football Federation (FFA), reiterated his full support for the right of Iraq to play at home and among its supporters at international football matches , reiterating its support for the lifting of the ban on Iraqi stadiums. For the 2022 World Cup and the 2023 Asian Cup, which starts in early September.
Prince Ali said in a press release that the Iraqi federation was ready to recover his right to return home play, while the high potential of the organization of games had appeared during the organization of the ninth Men's Championship of the Federation of Western Asia, currently held in the provinces of Karbala and Erbil, which reflected On the field, its great organizational capacity to receive matches and all teams in accordance with international standards has been witnessed by observers and observers of tournament events.
The West Asian championship, hosted by Iraq, will end on Wednesday with the final match between Iraq and Bahrain.
"The Federation of West Asia has always been one of the main supporters of lifting the ban on Iraqi stadiums," said Prince Ali.
In addition, the Iraqi Football Federation apologized to his counterpart in Bahrain for delaying the delegation of the Bahraini national team to Najaf airport because of the granting of visas to members of the delegation, who were not obtained in advance, which caused resentment towards the Bahraini delegation participating in the Western Asia Championship organized by Iraq and which ends today.
The team arrived Monday at the airport of Najaf, coming from the city of Erbil, for the last match at the Karbala International Stadium against the Iraqi team.
The federation said in a statement in response to a similar statement to the Bahrain Federation, according to the statement: "We are surprised to release a statement from the Bahrain Union fraternity, in which he raised administrative issues during the meeting. arrival of the Erbil team at Najaf airport.
He added: "The Bahraini team has entered the city of Erbil under the instructions of the Kurdistan Regional Government without obtaining a visa, which is necessary to obtain it at the airport. Najaf, and it is the administrative procedures that caused the delay of the delegation, as in all airports in the world.
The statement stressed that "the Iraqi Federation is seeking to succeed the West Asian Championship and can not fail to comfort the sister delegations, and if something happens, it is an accidental mistake that can not be a door. open to the violation of the brothers and offers our apologies accompanied by love and gratitude.
The Bahraini team played in Group B of the West Asian Championship, which took place in Erbil, in the center of the Kurdistan region of Iraq, in the stadium of François Hariri and dominated the list after defeating Kuwait 1-0 in their last match to reach the final of the tournament.
Group B, with Bahrain, included Saudi Arabia, Jordan and Kuwait.
West Asian Championship Coordinator at Karbala Abbas Abdul Hussein International Stadium "Bahraini team delegation from Erbil town, 38 people, delayed at Najaf airport about an hour and a quarter because of the visa procedures.
"It is true that the Bahraini delegation was given permission to enter, but the Najaf airport instructions require the issuance of mandatory visas in accordance with state procedures." The organizer had to send the pbadports of the Bahraini delegation to Najaf airport as soon as they qualified for the last match in Karbala, but that was not the case and the Bahraini delegation was surprised by the procedure on its arrival from Erbil ".
Meanwhile, despite 90 minutes separating the Iraqi team from the West Asian title of 2019 at home, Black Mesopotamia coach Srejko Katanic said his tournament goal had already been reached.
Iraq has not yet lost in the tournament and is leading the Group A competition to resolve its qualification for the finals by relying mainly on a group of young faces and active players in the tournament. Iraqi Premier League, and will face the Bahraini team which will in turn lead the B group.
Despite the chances of winning the title, Katanic said his list of competitions, used by several teams in preparation for the Asian qualifying campaign next month, had already been completed. `Before the tournament started, I said I would give all players a chance and really get them involved.
"I think only the goalkeeper of the reserve did not participate in the matches, so the 20 players played." For me, this tournament has ended after the match in Yemen, and it is good. I saw what I needed to see. Regarding the final, nothing will change.
"Before the tournament started, I thought that if I could find new players, I would be happy." I found them.
The hosts booked their place in the final after beating Yemen 2-1 on Sunday, where they scored goals for Iraq in the first 31 minutes of the match, before the guests got their only goal during the meeting in the last moments.
Katanic was unhappy with Sunday's match against Yemen, but he thought it was because his team had played their fourth game in less than two weeks and had changed tactics after the break.
"All the players in the first half played well," he said. In the second half, we wanted to move the ball and maintain the acquisition.
"It's tough after three games and it's fourth for the players." Well, few of them play this way with their clubs. The first half was good for the whole team, but the second half was not good.
Although Iraq did not lose in this tournament, it also did not change much in goals, scoring three wins per goal and a scoreless draw against Syria, which has exposed to some criticism.
Katanic believes that in the absence of a number of key players in the Iraqi team, the reserve team should be supported rather than criticized.
"I do not want to talk about our mistakes, we know our problems," he said, "we miss a lot of players here." Important players of the national team. The players who participated in this tournament are ours, so we must believe in our abilities.
Iraq won the first and only previous West Asian Championship in 2002, in addition to the arrival of the black Mesopotamia team in the final in 2007 and 2012, while the arrival of Bahrain in the final is the first of this regional championship.
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