Baghdad – IA
The coach of the national junior team, Ahmed Kazem, confirmed today, Tuesday, that the goal of the junior national team is to qualify for the Asian finals by finishing at the top of the group.
A statement from the Football Association – followed by the (INA) – said, “Today, Tuesday, a joint press conference was held for the coaches of the fifth group teams, in which the Iraqi junior national team is present alongside the teams of Taiwan, Palestine, and Uzbekistan, whose matches will begin tomorrow, Wednesday, in the Taiwanese capital, Taipei.” “.
The statement quoted the junior team coach during the press conference as saying: “We have prepared to enter the qualifiers despite their difficulty,” stressing that “the team’s most important goal is to qualify as top of the group.”
He added, “There is no easy team. All teams have developed themselves,” indicating that “he has full confidence in the team’s players to qualify as champions of the group.”
Regarding facing the Taiwan national team tomorrow, Wednesday, coach Ahmed Kazem said, “The Taiwan national team is respectable and developed, and we have full information about it and the friendly matches it played against Japan and Hong Kong, and we know everything about it from a technical standpoint.”