Baghdad – IA
The Olympic football team concluded its technical preparations today, Wednesday, at Qatar University Stadium, in preparation for facing its Indonesian counterpart.
A statement from the Football Association, received by the (INA), said: “The Olympic football team concluded its technical preparations today at Qatar University Stadium, in preparation for facing its Indonesian counterpart tomorrow, Thursday, at Abdullah bin Khalifa Stadium at six thirty at night in the match to determine third place.” And the fourth, and the winner snatches the third qualification ticket to the Paris Olympics, and the loser plays the play-off match with Guinea in Paris on the ninth of this month.”
The statement added, “The training was attended by the President of the Iraqi Football Federation, Adnan Darjal, the Federation member and head of the delegation, Ghanem Uraibi, the member of the Executive Office of the Olympic Committee, Khalil Yassin, and the national team coach, Casas, and his assistant staff.”
He pointed out that “the exercises included a number of different playing situations on the defensive and offensive sides, and the players performed the exercises in a high spirit.”
The statement continued, “The player Salem Ahmed was absent from training after suffering a forefoot injury in the Japan match. The player is subject to appropriate medical procedures by the Olympic team’s medical staff,” while the player Hassan Khaled will undergo a surgical intervention tomorrow, Thursday, at Aspetar Hospital in Doha after sustaining a cruciate ligament injury. In our Olympic team’s match against Tajikistan, which ended with our team’s victory with a score of (4-2).