INA – SOURCES

Iraqi national team technical director Jesus Casas confirmed on Tuesday that the South Korean team was strong and organized in today’s match against Iraq, which suffered its first defeat in qualifying after ten consecutive games.

“We met a strong and organized team. We lost for the first time in qualifying after ten games. We have games against Jordan and the Sultanate of Oman in a few weeks, and if we win them we are guaranteed participation in the World Cup. “USA by a large percentage,” Casas said during the press conference after the game against South Korea.

He thanked all the players and said: “They played a great game and individual mistakes happen in every game as the Iraqi team competes against a strong and organized team. We played a good game against them and I’m proud of my team’s performance.” .”

Regarding the game plan, Casas said: “We played defensively because we were playing against a strong opponent who had players with individual skills and an attacking style of play. Therefore, our idea was to limit the opponent’s options in the game. Attack third areas.

Casas commented on the presentation of national striker Ayman Hussein with the words: “He was a fighter and a good striker. In Spain we say (he has a magic wand).”

“The players in Korea are all good and I think player number 10 caused us some problems in midfield, especially in the first half, and our pressure on him was not good. We tried to limit that in the middle of the field in the second half of the game,” he concluded.