Iraqi Ayman Hussein threatened to miss the Lebanon match

Baghdad: Zaidan Al-Rubaie
Ghaith Muhanna, the managing director of the first Iraqi football team, explained that the player Ayman Hussein has an administrative problem related to his passport that may prevent him from being with the Iraqi team in its match once morest the Lebanese national team in the Asian qualifiers for the World Cup finals, following we received an official letter from The Lebanese Football Association expresses its apology for the Lebanese security authorities’ reluctance to grant him an entry visa because his entry stamp to the Palestinian territories was fixed in his passport.
He explained, “The player had previously visited Jerusalem with his Air Force team earlier, and each player is required to obtain a temporary stamp (sticker) that is installed outside the outer cover of the passport by the Israeli authorities during entry, and the player can destroy it following the end of his visit to avoid administrative and security problems with other countries. Which does not allow entry to any person whose visit to Jerusalem is proven, and this was not done by the player, as he had previously visited Beirut International Airport (transit) later with the Iraqi national team, and the player’s name and passport number were confirmed as having the above mentioned.”
On the other hand, the media coordinator of the national team, Muhammad Imad, explained that “the issue of (Ayman Hussein)’s presence with the national team delegation for the Iran and Lebanon matches has not yet been resolved by the technical staff due to an administrative problem in the player’s passport borne by the player himself, and the matter of choosing him for the Iran match will remain. At the very least, it belonged to the technical staff, and the Iraqi federation tried once more to approach the relevant authorities, but the matter was rejected by the Lebanese security authorities, and despite the issuance of the player (Ayman Hussein) a new passport, but his name is proven to prevent him from entering the system Electronic data of the Lebanese security authorities.