The Iraqi Olympic concludes its preparations for the Asian finals in Uzbekistan by defeating its Iranian counterpart in a friendly

The Iraqi Olympic team, under the age of 23, concluded its preparations to participate in the fifth Asian finals, which will open in Uzbekistan early next month, by defeating its Iranian counterpart yesterday, Friday, by three goals to one.

The elements of the Iraqi Olympic team succeeded in snatching the victory from their Iranian rival and compensated for their loss in the first match three days ago with a goal without return, after the Olympic team played one of its best matches, and all the players played with a high spirit that pleased the audience at the International City Stadium in the capital, Baghdad.

Defender Hussein Ammar translated the Iraqi supremacy early with a missile goal from a powerful ball he shot from outside the penalty area in the first minute, specifically in the second (45), putting his mark on the far left of the Iranian goalkeeper, but the Iranian guest equalized the result at the beginning of the second half, but Alexander brought the Iraqi Olympic to the front again with a second goal in the 55th minute, taking advantage of Kaa Ramadan’s shot that bounced off the Iranian post to cleverly put it into the net.

The Iraqi team took advantage of the Iranian competitor’s impulse, and succeeded in scoring the third goal through the player Hassan Abdul Karim, who penetrated the Iranian team’s arena before surprising the last players and hitting the ball hard to the right of the goalkeeper to crown the team’s efforts and restore confidence to all players and put our team in the Saada Tower amid the cheers of the audience who He came to support the Olympics.

The Olympic team will open its matches in the Asian finals on the first of next month when it faces its Jordanian counterpart, in the group that also includes the teams of Australia and Kuwait.