2024-03-25T10:30:53+00:00
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/ The technical (coordination) conference for the match between Iraq and the Philippines was held today, Monday, at the “Ninoy Aquius” Stadium, in the presence of “Lee Yeon,” the match supervisor, and “Kim Donjin,” the referee’s observer from South Korea.
The Iraqi side was represented by the administrative director of the national team, Mahdi Karim, the team doctor, Mukhtar Ghadhban, the director of equipment, Haqqi Ibrahim, and the media coordinator, Muhammad Imad.
It was decided during the conference that the Iraqi national team would wear the full white kit and the guards the full yellow kit, while the Philippine national team would wear the full blue kit and its guards the orange shirt and black shorts.
Casas spoke about the latest preparations for tomorrow’s match against the Philippine national team, and said: What worries us, of course, before Tuesday’s match, is the artificial pitch of the Rizal Stadium, explaining that the match will also be difficult because the opponent (the Philippine national team) is playing in a closed-space style, in addition to… To the ground that worries us, but we hope that our team will perform at a high level, and we will win again over the Philippines.
Regarding watching the opponent after the first leg, Casas added: I think that the Philippine national team was a serious team, and played with spirit, and they had some attempts to score in the first leg in Basra, and in their home country, I think they will try more in order to reach our goal or want to score against us, or in a style. More dangerous than the first leg, especially since they are playing at home and in front of their fans.
Regarding the possibility of the absence of players Dhurgham Ismail and Mirjas Dusky, Casas explained: There is no truth to such news, especially since I spoke and met Dhurgham before attending the conference. As for Mirjas, yes, he has an injury and he is racing against time, and we will see the extent of the possibility of his participation or not.
Casas concluded the press conference by saying: I hope to win the match, but there is always difficulty in winning, and recently I saw how big teams found it difficult to confront their competitors, because winning in football is not easy.
For his part, the professional player of the (Dutch Utrecht) team, player Zidane Iqbal, spoke at the press conference, saying: In the first match in Basra, the Philippine team presented a good defensive performance, and they made the match difficult for us in most of its minutes, but this time we are determined to win the match points.
Regarding the artificial pitch, if it constitutes a concern for the players of the Iraqi team, he answered: Regardless of the pitch, we focus on our training, and our ambition is to provide a good level, and our goal is to win against the Philippine team, and we know that it will be difficult, but we aspire to win, especially since we have previously played abroad. On our home soil, we returned points from the match, specifically the match against Vietnam.
Zidane continued: I trust my colleagues and my team, and all our thoughts are to win the three points, and we will miss the Iraqi fans, who have a great influence on the competitors and our opponents, as the pressure of our fans always constitutes a positive and supportive situation, and a factor of concern for the opponents, and gives us the advantage, but we will do everything we have. Postponing early qualification in the qualifiers to the next stage.
The committee supervising the match decided that, if the temperature reaches above 30 degrees Celsius, the match will be stopped twice, at the 30th and 75th minutes, for a short rest, and this will be approved by the match supervisor before its start.