2023-12-14T13:03:55+00:00
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/ On Thursday, the Iraqi mini-football team (sexa-ball) topped the second group by goal difference over the Bahraini team and qualified for the semi-finals of the Asian Cup, which is hosted by Thailand for the period from 12 to 17 of this month of December.
The press accompaniment of the Iraqi delegation, Rafid Al-Badri, told Agency, “Our players were able to overcome the weakest Indian team in the group easily after a festival of goals against the Indian team that reached 24-1 goals.”
He stated, “With the victory of the Iraqi team today, it will have topped the second group, which includes the teams of Bahrain, Oman, and India, with 6 points from two wins and a loss, and the same is true for the second team of Bahrain and the third team of Oman, which collected the same score, and each of them has 6 points from two wins.” “And a loss.”
Al-Badri explained, “Our team had previously achieved victory over the Omani team in the first round with a score of 3-1, before losing to the Bahraini team with a score of 5-1, and contrary to the expectations of the tournament, our team played with great confidence in order to settle the match early, which opened gaps in the areas.” The Bahraini team took advantage of the defense and succeeded in its mission by ending the match in its favour, so all expectations were in favor of the very strong Bahraini team with its professional players leading the group.”
He continued, “The victory of the Omani team in the third and final round with a goal without a response is a difficult situation for our team, before our team achieved a broad victory over the Indian team and took the lead on goal difference.”
He concluded by saying, “Our national team will meet in the semi-finals the Uzbek team, which occupies second place in the first group, which is led by the Thailand team, the host of the tournament, with full marks.”