Iraq suffers heavy losses before match against Vietnam team

Coach Jesus Casas decided to postpone announcing the list of the Iraqi national team to wait for Zidane Iqbal's condition. In the end, he removed the former Man Utd player from the list because he did not recover from his injury in time.

Zidane Iqbal cannot join the Iraqi national team (Photo: AP).

This is a big loss for the West Asian team because Zidane Iqbal plays an important role in the Iraqi team. The player born in 2003 leads the playing style in the tactics of coach Jesus Casas.

Besides Zidane Iqbal, the Iraqi team also could not call up the main midfielder Ahmed Farhan due to injury. In that context, coach Jesus Casas gave the first opportunity to Youssef Amyn, a player playing for Eintracht Braunschweig (Germany).

Iraq's squad includes two notable naturalized players from Sweden: midfielder Amir Al Amari (who played for the Swedish youth team) and Danilo Al Saad (born in Sweden, currently playing in Norway). In addition, the West Asian team also has a few players playing in Europe such as Ali Al-Hamadi (Wimbledon, England), Pashang Abdulla (Degerfors, Sweden).

Mohanad Ali scored against Vietnam at the 2019 Asian Cup (Photo: Getty).

The two players who scored against Vietnam at the 2019 Asian Cup were Aymen Hussein and Mohanad Ali. In particular, Mohanad Ali is an extremely dangerous player. Although only 23 years old, this player has played 39 times for the Iraqi national team and scored 17 goals. Mohanad Ali has been highly appreciated by experts for his development potential.

According to the schedule, the Iraqi team will gather tomorrow (November 12). They have 4 days to prepare before the first match in the 2026 World Cup qualifiers against Indonesia at home on November 16. On November 21, Iraq will have a match with the Vietnamese team at My Dinh Stadium.

List of Iraq team:

Goalkeepers : Jalal Hassan, Fahad Talib, Ahmed Basil.

Defenders : Mustafa Saadoon, Frans Puttros, Saad Natiq, Ali Adnan, Rebin Sulaka, Hussein Ali, Ahmed Yahia, Markhas Doski.

Midfielders : Amjad Atwan, Ahmed Allee, Bashar Rasan, Ali Jassim, Osama Rashid, Amir Amari, Youssef Amin, Hassan Kareem, Danilo Al Saed, Ibrahim Bayesh.

Forwards : Pashang Adbulla, Aymen Hussein, Mohannad Ali, Ali Hamadi.

Source: https://dantri.com.vn/the-thao/iraq-chiu-ton-that-lon-truoc-tran-gap-doi-tuyen-viet-nam-20231111135914389.htm