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The Iraqi team defeated its Palestinian counterpart 2-1 Friday in the West Asian football championship, part of the first group to be played in Karbala, while Lebanon won its first victory after canceling the delay from Syria.
The win was Rafidain Al-Rafidain's second consecutive game after the first Lebanese game on Lebanon 1-0 at the opening of the tournament, topping the standings with 6 points and the balance of the Palestinian team to 3 points with an initial victory over Yemen 1-0.
Muhannad Abdul Rahim (21) and Hussain Ali (82) scored goals for Iraq and Islam Al-Batran (2) scored the goal of the penalty.
Both teams behaved modestly in the first period despite a 2 minute penalty from the Palestinian team.
The Iraqi team tried to tie the game and waited until the 21st minute to make it through Abdul Rahim, when he grabbed a corner sent directly to the goal of Rami Hamadeh.
And almost the Palestinian team to advance again but the Albatran ball responded by the Iraqi goalkeeper (32).
Did not improve the performance of both sides in the second half and missed the harmony of the collective effective, but controlled the nature of their individual game performance and it was a break for the goalkeepers of both goals.
The Iraqi team exerted great pressure in the final quarter of an hour, taking advantage of the retreat of the Palestinian side's players, stressing that this pressure led to the decisive goal of Hussein Ali's penalty before the end of the match. 8 minutes.
"We relied on local players and the team is not integrated.In spite of this result, we will benefit more from improved performance in the future," said L & # 39; Algerian coach Noureddine Ould Ali at the press conference following the match.
"We played in a warm atmosphere that naturally affected the players."
"The match is good for us because we have found players who can represent the team and the victory is important," said Slovenian coach Streshko Katanic.
– A victory for Lebanon –
Lebanon won a valuable victory and defeated its Syrian counterpart 2-1, coming back from far in Group A.
Nader Matar (81), Hbadan Shaito (Moni) 90 (Lebanon) and Ahmed Al-Doni (47) scored the first match of Syria.
The Lebanese team lost its first game against the Iraqi team with a goal.
At Karbala Stadium, the Lebanese team started the match forcefully, exerting pressure early in successive attempts. It prevented Syrian goalkeeper Ibrahim Alama from facing one of those attempts in the sixth minute, when he turned to the Hbadan Saad ball that was heading for the goal.
The first half was witness to no Syrian attempt, with the exception of Mohammed Al-Marmour who went abroad (42). Hbadan Maatouq responded with a powerful shot that had a Syrian goalkeeper on the field.
Unlike the first half, the Syrian team started the second period in strength and opened the scoring early by Ahmed Al-Doni when he received a pbad deep in front of the Lebanese goal completed directly by the net Mahdi Khalil (47).
The Lebanese team suffered a delay and returned to their defensive zone against the Syrian team. Mardik Mardikian nearly added the second goal by putting a ball that fell behind the defenders who had sent him on the advanced Lebanese goalkeeper, but the ball went abroad.
Ten minutes before the end of the match, the Lebanese team stood up and managed to get back into the atmosphere of the match and to modify the result of Nader Matar from a ball in which he gathered all his forces and surprised the Syrians (81).
The Lebanese continued their attacks and Hbadan Shaito "Moni" managed to settle the match with a second goal.
"We paid the price for our mistakes and put in the right place," coach Fajr Ibrahim said after the match.
AFP
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