Goal and Highlights: Iraq 1-0 United Arab Emirates in World Cup Qualifiers 2022

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Iraq 1-0 United Arab Emirates.

Mohamed enters and Bayesh leaves, Iraq change.

Mohammed Al Baloushi of UAE is cautioned.

Add 4 more minutes.

Salmeen enters and Hassan leaves, UAE change.

Ali Al-Hamadi in and Ayman Hussein out, Iraq change.

Ibrahim Bayesh's half-turn inside the box and a shot from Ibrahim Bayesh goes high.

Penalty called for UAE but not awarded by referee

Iraq changes:

Ali and Younis come off

Raed and Qasim come on

Mohammed Al Baloushi's mid-range shot is saved by the goalkeeper.

Al Baloushi in and Al-Nuqbi out, UAE change.

Emirates' Hareb Abdullah is cautioned.

Ali Faez Atia of Iraq has been cautioned.

Abdullah and Ibrahim enter

Khamass and Saleh out

UAE changes

Mohammed Marzooq of Emirates has been cautioned.

Iraq Goal

A cut inside the box and, in front of several defenders on the line, Hussein Ali smashes the shot home to make it 1-0.

The second half begins between Iraq and the United Arab Emirates.

The second half begins between Iraq and the United Arab Emirates.

Iraq 0-0 United Arab Emirates

Three more minutes are added to the match.

Another mid-range shot from Ibrahim Bayesh goes wide.

Ibrahim Bayesh shoots Ibrahim Bayesh's corner kick into the side netting.

Amjad Attwan's shot from half distance goes wide.

Bayesh with the loose header that lands in the goalkeeper's hands.

After reviewing the play, the VAR indicated that there was a handball, but before that there was an offensive foul that ended up being sanctioned. There was no penalty.

It is at this moment that the VAR is going to review the possible handball inside the area.

Iraq claimed a penalty in their favor, but the referee indicated that there was nothing.

Ali Mabkhout, United Arab Emirates, has been cautioned.

Ali Saleh with a header inside the box that the goalkeeper deflects with one hand.

A set piece that Ibrahim wins, but he fails to get a solid header off and it goes wide.

Iraq was more insistent in the first minutes of action, but still without doing any damage.

An overflow down the left flank that the UAE defenders repel in a timely manner.

Kick-off between Iraq and the United Arab Emirates.

We are minutes away from the start of action between Iraq and the United Arab Emirates.

1 Mohamed Hasan Alshamsi

22 Majed Naser

23 Abdulaziz Hussain

2 Khalid Hashemi

13 Mohamed Omar Al Attas

15 Mohamed Abbas

6 Majid Rashid

14 Khalil Ibrahim

5 Ali Salmin

20 Sultan Adill

18 Hareb Abdullah

19 Yahya Alghassani

1 Dolvan Mahdi

20 Mohammed Hameed

22 Hasan Raed

23 Ruslan Hanoon

4 Abbas Al-Kaabi

3 Mustafa Mohammed

10 Justin Meram

13 Bashar Resan

11 Hasan Sayyid

17 Mohammed Ali

16 Mohanad Abdulraheem

9 Ali Ibrahim Al-Hamadi

This is the lineup with which the visitors will take the field:

This is the formation with which the home team will start:

 

Mohamed Ali is the top scorer for Iraq with three goals in three games, while Ali Mabkhout Al-Hajeri is the top scorer for the United Arab Emirates with six goals in three games.

Before leaving the hotel, the Iraq team had a motivational meeting with the objective of going for the win and still fighting for re-qualification:

These were the results today in the Asian qualifiers:

Australia 0-2 Japan

South Korea 2-0 Iran

Lebanon 0-3 Syria

Vietnam 0-1 Oman

China 0-1 Saudi Arabia, second half.

However, Iraq has not been able to win in this phase, recording five draws and three defeats, a situation they will try to change on Thursday.

Although neither of these two teams will be able to advance directly to the World Cup, both can still advance to re-qualification and a win on Thursday will be vital to their aspirations, where they would be facing the third place team in the other sector, Australia.

Intense activity in the Asian qualifiers comes to a close when Iraq does the honors against the United Arab Emirates. We begin with VAVEL's coverage of the game.

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This is the start time of the game Iraq vs United Arab Emirates of March 24th in several countries:

Argentina: 2:00 PM in Star +

Bolivia: 1:00 PM in Star +

Brazil: 2:00 PM

Chile: 1:00 PM in Star +

Colombia: 12:00 PM in Star +

Ecuador: 12:00 PM in Star +

United States (ET): 1:00 PM in Star +

Spain: 6:00 PM

Mexico: 11:00 AM in Star +

Paraguay: 2:00 PM in Star +

Peru: 1:00 PM in Star +

Uruguay: 2:00 PM in Star +

Very close games have been played between these two teams in the last five games on any field and in any competition, with Iraq holding the edge with two wins to three draws, although just seven goals have been scored.

United Arab Emirates 2-2 Iraq, 2021 World Cup Qualifiers

United Arab Emirates 0-0 Iraq, 2021 Friendly Match

United Arab Emirates 0-2 Iraq, 2019 Gulf Cup

Iraq 0-0 United Arab Emirates, 2018 Gulf Cup

Iraq 1-0 United Arab Emirates, 2017 World Cup Qualifiers

Born in Brazil, but naturalized UAE national, Caio Canedo brings that spark of unbalanced play in the final third of the field to his nation, plus he has a good mid-range strike that could be the key to taking the game.

Ahmad Ibrahim is one of the leaders in the defense, but he also has a great explosiveness in the air and he proved it with a goal in the last game where they defeated in a friendly match 3-1 against Zambia.

1 Ali Khasif Housani, 21 Mahmoud Khamis Al-Hammadi, 13 Mohamed Al-Attas, 3 Walid Abbas Al-Balooshi, 9 Bandar Mohammed Al-Ahbabi, 18 Abdalla Ramadan, 10 Tahnoon Al-Zaabi, 8 Majed Hassan, 14 Khalil Ibrahim Al Hammadi, 16 Ali Saleh, 11 Caio.

20 Mohammed Hameed, 2 Ahmad Ibrahim, 22 Hasan Raed, 6 Suad Natiq Naji, 15 Dhurgham Ismail, 7 Sherko Kareem, 14 Amjad Attwan, 17 Mohammed Ali, 8 Ibrahim Bayesh, 19 Ali Husni Faisal, 16 Mohannad Abdul-Rahim.

With two wins in their last three games, the United Arab Emirates are looking to keep up the good momentum from their last two qualifiers, despite the fact that they have also been eliminated for a while now, with Iran and South Korea having already booked their tickets to Qatar.

Iraq will have their last home game of the qualifiers where they will try to make their home advantage count, a situation they have been unable to achieve over the last few months, a situation reflected in the fact that they have only five points, second to last in the group and with no hope of qualifying for the Qatar 2022 World Cup.

The Iraq vs United Arab Emirates match will be played at the King Fahd Stadium, in Riad, Iraq. The kick-off is scheduled at 1:00 pm ET.

My name is Adrian Hernandez and I will be your host for this game. We will provide you with pre-game analysis, roster updates, and news as it happens live here on VAVEL.