Palestine keep hopes of first World Cup alive with dramatic Iraq turnaround
- Palestine achieved a historic 2-1 victory against Iraq in their Group C qualifier for the FIFA World Cup, scoring two late goals.
- Aymen Hussein scored for Iraq in the 34th minute, but Abou Ali equalized for Palestine before Ameed Mahajneh scored the winning goal in injury time.
- This win marks Palestine's first at this stage of the Asian qualifiers and moves them to fifth place in Group B with six points, ahead of Kuwait and four points behind Oman.
- Palestine aims for a playoff position, with upcoming matches against Kuwait and Oman in June.
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Casas justifies the loss to Palestine: We lacked character
Shafaq News/ The Iraqi national team coach, Jesus Casas, justified the loss to the Palestinian national team, on Tuesday evening, by saying that it was due to a "lack of character," promising the Iraqi fans to do their best in the upcoming matches against South Korea and Jordan. Casas said during the press conference after the match, which was followed by Shafaq News Agency, "We lacked character. I did everything I could, but football is difficu…
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