"Black Mesopotamia" defeats Saudi Green in "Gulf 25"

Iraqi first joy in the rain

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The Iraqi national team advanced to the semi-finals of the 25th Gulf Championship, after defeating Saudi Arabia with two goals without a response, in the match that brought them together yesterday, “in the rain”, at the Palm Trunk Stadium in Basra for the second round of the group stage.

The goals of the Lions of Mesopotamia were scored by Ibrahim Baish and Aso Rustam, with a goal in each half.

With that result, Iraq shared the lead in Group Two with the Omani team, each with four points, while Al-Akhdar fell to third place with three points, and its match against Oman became decisive for qualification, while the Iraqi national team awaited a relatively easy confrontation against Yemen, which officially bid farewell to the tournament.

The match between Iraq and Saudi Arabia was exciting and enthusiastic from the first minute of the whistle of the Emirati referee, Adel Al-Naqbi, so the Iraqi team entered with clear motives to achieve victory, in contrast to the Saudi team, whose players paid more attention to the defensive aspect, especially with the deterioration of the stadium, which was flooded with water due to the heavy rain that fell. before and during the match.

The Lions of Mesopotamia were able to deal with the high and long balls imposed by the rainy atmosphere of the match, so they excelled in terms of tackles due to the distinction of their players at the level of physical strength, so they were able to threaten goalkeeper Nawaf Al-Aqidi, but without shaking the net.

The owners of the land waited until the 30th minute to be able to translate their advantage into a goal after a corner kick that Awad Al-Nashiri wrongly removed to reach Ibrahim Baish, who was in a good position in front of the goal, to shoot a tight ball that settled to the left of the goalkeeper.

The Saudi green did not show any reaction to return to the match, so that the advantage would continue for the Iraqi team, which threatened its opponent from the Yemeni side, in which Al-Ay Fadel and Hassan Abdul-Karim starred.

The Iraqis entered the second half of the match with clear attacking ferocity, and the Saudi goalkeeper ably succeeded in blocking Ayman Hussein's header, while he was close to the goal, to preserve his team's chances in the match.

The Iraqi player, Hassan Abdul Karim, was unlucky on his way to score the second goal alone in the goal, so that the ball stopped in the "water pool" and was dispersed by the defense at a difficult time.

And the pressure of the Lions of Mesopotamia continued, and Amjad Atwan missed an opportunity, and the goal was empty of the goalkeeper, so he played the ball with his head next to the right post.

However, Aso Rustam was able to compensate for the missed opportunities for the Iraqi national team by scoring the second goal with a header, which was confirmed by the video assistant referee (the mouse).

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