- Salami: Al-Nashama’s confrontation with Iraq will be strong in terms of the technical level
The national football team has completed its technical and physical preparations to face its Iraqi counterpart at 7:15 pm on Thursday, November 14, at Basra International Stadium, in the third and decisive round of the 2026 World Cup qualifiers.
The team arrived at its residence in Basra on Wednesday afternoon, before concluding its preparations in the evening at the match stadium, led by coach Jamal Salami, who, along with the assistant technical staff, focused on the tactical situation in which Al-Nashama will appear in tomorrow’s match.
In turn, Salami confirmed during the press conference for the teams’ coaches that the match tomorrow will be strong in terms of the technical level, especially with the presence of distinguished and shining names among the two teams. Our focus is great on tomorrow’s match, and the match points will give us more perseverance, to move forward towards the desired goal, Which is reaching the World Cup.
He added: We respect the Iraqi national team, which has the field staff, the crowd, and high-level elements, but “Al-Nashama” will be present in the match, and fully prepared and prepared after the return of the injured players, and we will strive to produce a positive result during the confrontation.
For his part, Musa Al-Taamari stressed the importance of the match, stressing that the match will be difficult for both teams. We will do everything in our power to achieve victory and get closer to the qualification ticket.
In addition, the technical meeting witnessed a review of the administrative and organizational instructions for the match, in addition to fixing the colors of the two teams, as Al-Nashama will appear in red, and Iraq will appear in white.
The team will face its Kuwaiti counterpart at 9:15 pm, Tuesday, 19th of this month, at Jaber Al-Ahmad International Stadium in Kuwait.
It is noteworthy that the national team finished in the second group of the third and decisive round of qualifiers for the 2026 World Cup, where Al-Nashama settled in second place in the second group, with a goal difference from Iraq, with the same score of 7 points, behind the leader South Korea with 10, while Oman and Kuwait came fourth and fifth with 3, and Palestine finally with two points. .
According to the qualifying system, the teams were divided into three groups, each group includes six teams, and the first two teams in each group qualify directly to the 2026 World Cup, while the third and fourth-placed teams from each group enter the fourth round of the qualifiers.
