"Iraq Sport" website stated that the Iraqi Football Association's normalization committee headed by former international player Iyad Bunyan is heading to renew the contract of the Slovenian coach Sergio Katanic as coach of the national team for "Lions of Mesopotamia", after the positive results achieved by Katanch with the Iraqi team in the joint World Cup qualifiers. 2022, and the Asian Cup 2023.
He said that coach Katanic is awaiting the return of flights, with the aim of returning to Baghdad and sitting with the normalization committee to discuss the team preparation program, in line with the Asian Confederation’s announcement of the remaining match dates in the qualifiers, as the Iraqi team is waiting for an important confrontation against Hong Kong.