Our national junior team missed the opportunity to qualify for the round of 32 in the 2025 World Cup in Qatar, with a goalless draw with Bolivia in the match that took place between them yesterday at the end of the first round of Group A, and our team was unlucky as the goalposts saved two goals.
Annabi missed the chance to qualify despite South Africa’s loss to Italy 1-3 yesterday also within the same group. With this result, Al-Anabi raised its score to two points, while Italy confirmed its lead with a full mark and a score of 9 points, then South Africa in second place with 4 points, and finally Bolivia in fourth and last place with a point. The dream of qualifying for the round of 32 now needs a lot of calculation, given the results of others, despite the superiority of our team in its match against Bolivia, and despite the opportunities it was afforded. Al-Anabi excelled during the match and had many opportunities, but the most prominent of them were 4 almost achieved opportunities. If one of them had been exploited, he would have achieved victory and qualified. Perhaps the first opportunity was in the 29th minute from a missile shot by Hani Yazan, which the Bolivian goalkeeper narrowly saved from a corner, and in the 31st minute from a corner that reached Zaid Faisal’s head, he snatched it directly over the crossbar. The third opportunity was achieved in the 48th minute, in which the right post blocked Zaid Faisal’s shot and prevented Al-Annabi from achieving an achieved goal. The fourth chance came closest to Al-Anabi in the 62nd minute, from a complete solo effort by Zaid Faisal, who shot the ball away from the goalkeeper but next to the post outside the goal. Al-Anabi tried until the second minute of stoppage time. The last minutes of stoppage time witnessed desperate attempts by Al-Anabi, but all opportunities were lost and the match ended in a goalless draw with an honorable performance by our team.
