Darjal: The Iraq-UAE match will be held in Basra or Baghdad... Lifting the ban is sooner than we expect

The Minister of Youth and Sports, President of the Iraqi Football Association, Adnan Darjal, confirmed that the match that will bring Iraq with the UAE in the second leg of the final qualifiers for the 2022 World Cup will be held in Iraqi stadiums on March 24.

 Darjal said in his speech to the “Al-Kass” program on the Iraqi inews channel, that he is certain that the International Football Association “FIFA” will permanently lift the ban on Iraqi stadiums before the date of the next match, and that it will be held either at the trunk of the palm stadium in Basra or in the city stadium. in Baghdad.

This coincides with Baghdad’s hosting of the international friendly match that Iraq won over Uganda with a clean goal yesterday, and it was held at Al-Madina International Stadium as the first match for the first Iraqi team in ten years, while it is the second in a month after it hosted the West Asian Youth Cup final. My happiness is indescribable that two international matches will be held in Baghdad, so I see that lifting the ban on Iraqi stadiums is closer than we expect, and we will solve the problem of video technology (mouse) before the match is scheduled to be held and we see great cooperation from the International and Asian Football Federations in this regard, and FIFA President Waad By coming to Baghdad at the opening of Al-Madina International Stadium and the same thing by the Secretary General of FIFA, Fatima Somurai.”

Regarding the establishment of Khaleeji 25 in the Iraqi city of Basra, Darjal confirmed that he hopes that Iraq will meet the required conditions, the most important of which is the readiness of Al-Mina Stadium, while he sees that all other conditions are fulfilled, revealing that the start date of the next championship will be on January 14, 2023.

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