Sokob: Our career ended in the championship and Iraq is capable of winning the title

After the end of the match between Iraq and Yemen in the third and last matches of the group stage of the first group, which ended with Iraq winning 5–0, a press conference was held for the coach of the Yemen national team, Sukup, who commented: It is not easy to accept losing by five goals, and the championship is over for us. Iraq showed that it is a strong team. He has good items, and we say congratulations to them.

He added: “In the first half, we were better and had chances to score, but the mouse canceled the goal, and we respect it.” We tried to change the result, but that did not happen. Some players have little experience, and this is a lesson for us, and we will learn from it. Iraq is a strong team, and after we made mistakes, they managed to score.

And he added: “The reason for the decline is being asked by the players.” There was also an audience of more than 60,000 spectators, which put a lot of pressure on us. Some players could not bear the pressure because they were young. I do not criticize the refereeing. The mouse is present. We wanted to change Muhammad and enter Ali, and there was a mistake from the referee. Fourth, at this moment, we missed a target.

He concluded: “I thank Iraq for this organization and thank the public because it supported us.” We need to play more and honor more, and I am happy that I was once the coach of Iraq and now I am the coach of Yemen. The Iraqi players are the best in the Gulf, they have better conditions for training, they have aids, and they can win this tournament.