Baghdad – IA
Today, Sunday, national team coach Jesus Casas announced the final list for the Philippines’ next two matches, 3/21 first leg in Basra and 3/26 return leg in Manila, as part of the double qualifiers for the 2027 Asian Cup and 2026 World Cup finals.
The summoned list consisted of 27 players: Jalal Hassan, Ahmed Basil, Mohamed Saleh, Rebin Sulaqa, Zaid Tahseen, Manaf Younis, France Boutros, Saad Natiq, Mustafa Saadoun, Hussein Ali, Mirkhas Dosky, Dhargham Ismail, Amir Al-Ammari. , Safaa Hadi, Osama Rashid, Zidane Iqbal, Abdul Razzaq Qasim, Louay Al-Ani, Ali Jassim, Bashar Rassan, Montazer Majed, Hassan Abdul Karim, Ibrahim Bayesh, Ahmed Yassin, Youssef Amin, Ayman Hussein, Muhannad Ali.
On a related level, the national team coach indicated in a statement received by the (INA), that “there are some names that were not invited for various reasons, including the injury of the player Ahmed Yahya, in addition to the lack of clarity about the readiness of the psychological state of the player Danilo Al-Saad, while a professional requested Ipswich Town Englishman Ali Al Hammadi took advantage of the international break to recover, as he is suffering from some pain that is currently accompanying him.”
The statement added, “The national team delegation will leave next Friday for Basra in order to enter a closed training camp in preparation for the above-mentioned eligibility. The first days of the camp will be limited to the presence of available players until the rest of the professional players join within the permitted period for the international break.”