An “important” feature in Iraq’s roster for the matches between Palestine and South Korea

Iraq – Iraqi coach Khaled Muhammad Sabar identified an important feature in Iraq’s roster to face Palestine and South Korea, in the decisive Asian qualifiers for the 2026 World Cup in the United States, Canada and Mexico.

The Iraqi national team will face its Palestinian counterpart at Basra International Stadium, on the tenth of next October, while it will face South Korea on the fifteenth of the same month.

Sabar said, “The coach of the Iraqi national team, the Spanish Jesús Casas, chose the most prepared and best players currently to face Palestine and South Korea because they continued to play. I think this matter is very important, and it confirms the lack of courtesies and emotions in the issue of calling players to the Iraqi national team, because Casas “He is looking for the ready player to be ready to perform well throughout the minutes of the match.”

He explained: “If we look from a social perspective as well, we will find that the players on the Iraqi roster have good relations with each other, as they know each other and are active in European leagues that are geographically close, and most of them play in one tournament, as is the case with the players Ahmed Yassin and Lucas Schilmon. They play for the Swedish team Orbero, and had it not been for the injury, Danilo Al-Saad would also be with Hussein Ali, and they also play for Heerenveen. The same applies to local players.”

He added: “Iraq will accomplish the task of facing South Korea in Seoul in the next round, especially since the team will only travel long distances in the South Korea match. As for the rest of the matches, they will be held in close areas, and will not cause a burden on the Iraqi players. Therefore, I find that the timing of the South Korea match is Very excellent, especially since it comes at a time when Iraq will face the Palestine national team first in Basra, and then head to Seoul and not the other way around,” according to Winwin.

Iraq’s list to confront Palestine and South Korea
Iraq’s roster for the matches against Palestine and South Korea consisted of 26 players: Jalal Hassan, Fahd Talib, Hussein Hassan, Manaf Younis, Zaid Tahseen, Rebin Sulaqa, Saad Natiq, Hussein Ali, Mustafa Saadoun, Mirkhas Dosky, Ahmed Yahya, Amir Al-Ammari, Ibrahim Bayesh, Safaa Hadi, Lucas Shlimon, Amjad Atwan, Osama Rashid, Muhammad Al-Taie, Montazer Majed, Youssef Al-Amin, Louay Al-Ani, Ahmed Yassin, Ali Jassim, Muhannad Ali, Ayman Hussein, Ali Al-Hammadi.

Agencies