According to information published by the Iraqi newspaper, striker Aymen Hussein will not attend the match with Vietnam national team due to injury.
Striker Aymen Hussein (before) is leading the list of top scorers of the 2024 Asian Cup.
It is known that the attacking star of the Iraqi national team suffered a calf injury during the match with Japan. This is a big loss for the West Asian team because in this tournament, Aymen Hussein is playing sublimely with 3 goals in 2 matches.
Currently, Aymen Hussein along with Akram Afif (Qatar) leads the list of top scorers in the 2024 Asian Cup. The 27-year-old striker is also the best striker that coach Jesus Casas brought to the tournament in Qatar when he had 20 goals after 71 times. appeared for the national team.
But of course, without Aymen Hussein, coach Casas still has other quality names to replace him. In addition, the match with Vietnam is only a formality because Iraq has definitely progressed to first place in Group D.
However, in a sharing with the press, the Spanish military leader still declared that he would play his best against the Vietnamese team. “This tournament is very difficult, just make one mistake and you will suffer consequences. Now we will think about the match with Vietnam national team
It’s meaningless to think about the round of 16 or facing any team and forget about the very annoying opponent, Vietnam National Team. We deal with each match separately. No match is more important than another,” coach Casas declared.
As for the Vietnam national team, even though they have been officially eliminated, Coach Troussier and his team will definitely still play at their best against Iraq. According to the schedule, the match between Vietnam and Iraq will take place at 6:30 p.m. on January 24.