The UAE national team is a guest of its Iraqi counterpart at the King Fahd International Stadium in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, as part of the ninth round of Asian qualifiers for the 2022 World Cup.
The match was supposed to be held at Al-Madina International Stadium in Baghdad, before FIFA issued a decision to change the stadium, for security reasons.
The UAE team needs only one point once morest Iraq, to ensure third place in the first group, and to qualify to face Australia, the third group of the second group in the Asian qualifying playoff for the 2022 World Cup, where the winner qualifies for the global supplement, in which he faces the fifth-placed in South American qualifiers.
The UAE national team is currently in third place in Group A with 9 points from 8 matches, winning 2 matches, 3 draws, 3 defeats, 6 goals scored and 6 goals conceded. 5 draws, compared to 3 defeats, in its eighth matches.
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And the first match between the UAE and Iraq teams last October witnessed the height of excitement, as Cayo Canedo advanced to the UAE team in the first half, but things got complicated in the last quarter hour of the match, following Iraq tied with friendly fire through a goal scored by Mohammed Al Attas, defender of the UAE team through The mistake was in his team’s goal, then Ayman Hussein advanced to Iraq in the penultimate minute, before Ali Mabkhout grabbed the equalizer for the Emirates in overtime.
The match will be broadcast on several TV channels, most notably: “Dubai Sport 1 HD”, “BeIN Sport 1 HD”, “Abu Dhabi Sport 1”, “Al Arabiya Sport”, “Al Kass 5 HD”, and “Saudi Sports” 6 HD.
And you can watch the UAE and Iraq match in the Asian qualifiers for the 2022 World Cup, directly on the official website of Abu Dhabi Sports channels (here)
The date of the UAE and Iraq match in the Asian qualifiers for the 2022 World Cup
The match will be played at “King Fahd International Stadium” in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, at 21:00 UAE time, 20:00 Mecca time, 19:00 Egypt and Jordan time, and 18:00 Morocco, Tunisia and Algeria time.
