Our first national football team regained the tone of victories in the Asian qualifiers for the 2026 World Cup, and achieved a great victory over North Korea with five goals in the match that took place between them yesterday evening in the seventh round of the first group. The Quartet recorded: Akram Afif, Ahmed Al -Janhi, Kim Yu Song in his goal, Ahmed Al -Rawi, and Ahmed Alaa in the minutes 17, 23, 34, 56 and 66. Al -Annabi raised his score to 10 points, renewed his hopes of qualification despite the difficulty of the remaining matches, the first of which was with Kyrgyzstan next Tuesday in the eighth round.
Al -Annabi presented one of his best matches in these qualifiers, and he returned to the minds of his usual image like Asia. All the players appeared in a good technical condition, led by Akram Afif (Messi Qatar), who manipulated Korean defense and knew how to penetrate him and make 4 goals, and score is the first goal, and Al -Annabi leads to the great victory.
Despite the great victory, the task was not easy, and the Korean team continued to resist despite the goals that rained its net, and even the last minute tried to score even one goal, and the Al -Annabi defense, who also recovered and his strength after a good period. Meshaal Barshsh also tackled a number of dangerous opportunities, starred in tackling them, and kept the burgundy nets clean.
The North Korean team has been ventured by pressing Al -Annabi from the first minutes, and also tried to terrorize our players with roughness and violence, and the heart of the defense almost had a red card had it not been for the Iraqi rule that it was satisfied with its warning.
Al -Annabi succeeded in absorbing the Korean adventure calmly and confidently, and managed to excel over time, and to exploit the clear gaps in the Korean defense by playing fast, and succeeded in the skills of Akram Afif in scoring the first goal, then made the rest of the opportunities and Al -Annabi goals with great skill.
Although Al -Annabi advanced and scored 3 goals in the first half, he did not retreat and did not stop, and continued to seek more goals in the second half, and scored two goals. The post was without the sixth goal after he tackled the ball of Ahmed Alaa, and Al -Annabi stars wasted another number of easy opportunities, to conclude the meeting by winning five.
Messi, Qatar, the man of the match
Akram Afif – Messi Qatar – also called him his Spanish coach, Luis Garcia, and contributed to the victory over North Korea, whether by scoring the first goal, or by making the rest of the goals.
“Messi” Qatar performed a great performance in the match and continued his brilliance, which he achieved with Al -Sadd in recent matches in the AFC Champions League, and was the source of the danger to the Korean team and was constantly rough from the Korean team players.
Akram Afif, Najm Al -Annabi, deserved the title of the best player in the match, as he contributed greatly to the victory by five over the stubborn Korean.
Ahmed Al -Rawi: We hope to continue the victories
Ahmed Al -Rawi, our national team player, expressed his great happiness after Al -Annabi won five goals against a goal against North Korea.
He continued, “We will build on this wonderful victory to continue the positive results in the upcoming rounds, and we take the qualifiers for a match in a match, and we hope that we will achieve victories in all the remaining rounds.”
Ahmed Al -Janhi: We will fight and we will not lose hope
Ahmed Al -Janhi, our team player, expressed his happiness at the victory of Al -Annabi over North Korea with five goals to one in the Asian qualifiers for the World Cup.
He said, “I thank the fans and my teammates after this great, great and deserved victory after we have provided distinguished levels since the first half,” he said. He added, “Victory with the five is a motive for the upcoming matches in the qualifiers, and we have not lost hope to qualify for the upcoming World Cup, and we will play with all the spirit and enthusiasm in the remaining rounds to achieve the required performance and victories, God willing.”
Our fans drew the most beautiful painting
Our loyal fans drew the most beautiful painting in the match of our national team and its North Korea counterpart yesterday evening, which was held at Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium in Al Sadd Club in the eighth group qualifying for the 2026 World Cup in the United States of America, Canada and Mexico, and proved that they are always on time and support the Asian Champions, and the fans were chanting for the players, especially after scoring each goal for Al -Annabi who presented a distinctive image yesterday and achieved a great victory during his time The qualifiers after a series of reviews in the past rounds, and therefore it was important that Annabi appeared in this way and a strong reaction yesterday against North Korea, and after the end of the match the players were keen to go to the fans and celebrate with them after the wide victory.