2024-03-16T17:58:08+00:00
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/ The Iraqi Football Association filed an appeal against FIFA’s decision to suspend the youth team coach, Imad Muhammad, and deprive him for a period of six months in accordance with the established legal procedures, considering Muhammad to be one of the important sons of the game who represented the national teams for many years.
The Federation said, in a statement received by Agency, that “at a time when the Iraqi Football Federation received the decision of the International Federation of Association Football (FIFA) to suspend the youth team coach, Imad Muhammad, from training for a period of six months, as a result of what it called directing insults to a female journalist, in Earlier, the Federation will continue its defense of the youth team coach who is expected to participate in the West Asian Olympic Teams Championship, and he is one of the important sons of the game who has represented the national teams for many years, and will not spare his efforts in defending him.”
The statement continued: “The Iraqi Football Association filed an appeal against FIFA’s decision to suspend the youth national team coach and deprive him for a period of six months in accordance with the established legal procedures.” Coach “Imad Mohamed, emphasizing that what happened more than ten months ago, specifically during the Youth World Cup that took place in Argentina last year.”
The Federation states that it is awaiting the appeal decision, and looks forward with confidence to the cancellation of the ban decision, and the return of youth national team coach Imad Mohamed to training.”
On Saturday, the International Federation of Association Football (FIFA) decided to suspend the Iraqi youth team coach, Imad Muhammad, and deprive him of training for a period of six months due to directing insults to a TV presenter earlier.
A source in the Iraqi Football Association told Agency that the decision was issued against Muhammad Imad after a complaint from journalist Mona Sami, and that the deprivation of coach Imad was based on false accusations.
The source added that the escalation and inflaming of the situation came from within and reached the International Federation, and the issue involves the efforts of influential people.
Thus, Imad Muhammad is outside the training accounts of the Iraqi youth team after the international punishment.
Instead of the Olympic team, the Iraqi youth team is preparing to participate in the West Asian U-23 Championship, which will be held in the city of Al-Ahsa, Saudi Arabia, during the period from 20 to 26 of this month of March.
The Iraqi Football Association decided that the youth team, led by Imad Muhammad, would participate in the West Asian Under-23 Championship instead of the Olympic team, after the Olympic team, led by Radhi Shenaishil, apologized for not participating in the tournament.
It is noteworthy that Sami had written in a post on her Twitter page, something that read, “Hello Imad… I will spare the brick and run after Sami’s goal.”
Imad Muhammad responded in a story on his Instagram page, “When you do not have the honor of quarreling, you certainly do not have the honor of confrontation… what an honor.”