The Iraqi Football Association revealed that the “Cass” Sports Court rejected their objection to the return of the Iraq match against its UAE counterpart to Baghdad after it was transferred to Saudi Arabia, which will be held between the two teams in the Asian qualifiers for the 2022 World Cup, which will be held on the twenty-fourth of the month. Present.
The Iraqi national team is scheduled to host its UAE counterpart on March 24 in the ninth round of the final stage of the Asian qualifiers for the 2022 World Cup.
And the Football Association, Aqi, said in an official statement, on Tuesday, that “the court did not agree to Iraq’s request, despite the pleas that were submitted and included all the issues and matters that accompanied the international matches that were held in Iraq, as well as the West Asian Youth Championship.”
The statement indicated: “Accordingly, the match between Iraq and the UAE will be held in Saudi Arabia on the twenty-fourth of this month.”
It is noteworthy that the Iraqi national team is currently ranked fifth in Group A with 6 points after 8 matches, and plays its last matches outside its home against Syria on March 29 at Rashid Stadium in the Emirates.
The UAE team needs to win in order to resolve its qualification for the Asian play-off directly before the last round, without entering into goal calculations or direct confrontations, as it occupies third place in the group with 9 points, and Iraq and Lebanon are competing with it to qualify for the supplement, noting that the thirds of the two groups are in In the third round, they meet in an Asian playoff, and the winner between them meets the fifth of South America in an international playoff.