DUBAI. United Arab Emirates manages to recover against Iraq with an own goal from M. Al Attas 74′ and a goal on the A. Hussein 89′. It was vastly superior in terms of ball possession (65%)
The match was played at the Zabeel Stadium stadium in Dubai on Tuesday and it started at 4:45 pm local time. The referee was Ryuji Sato with the help of Hiroshi Yamauchi and Jun Mihara. The 4th official was Yusuke Araki. The weather was clear. The temperature was extremely hot at 32.3 degrees Celsius or 90.18 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 25%.
Match Statistics
- ! 65 Ball Possession 35
Shots
- 6 Total 17
- 4 On Target 4
- 2 Off Target 13
- 1 Shots blocked 4
- 90 Attack 84
- 52 Dangerous attack 69
- 100 Ball safe 82
- 0 Penalties 0
- 2 Corners 4
- 1 Off Sides 4
Fouls
- 9 Total 11
- 2 Yellow Cards 2
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 4 Substitutions 5
United Arab Emirates was in firm control of the ball 65% while Iraq was struggling with a 35% ball possession.
Iraq was more aggressive with 69 dangerous attacks and 17 shots of which 4 were on target. However, that was not enough Iraq to win the match.
United Arab Emirates shot 6 times, 4 on target, 2 off target. On the opposite side, Iraq shot 17 times, 4 on target, 13 off target.
Cards
United Arab Emirates received 2 yellow cards (S. Abdulrahman and A. Hamad). On the opposite side, Iraq received 2 yellow cards (S. Abdulkadhim and A. Hussein).
Match Timeline
Standings
Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D
Group E
Group F
Group G
Group H
After this encounter, United Arab Emirates will have 3 points like Iraq to stay in the 7th place. On the opposite side, Iraq will have 3 points like United Arab Emirates to stay in the 6th place.
Next matches
United Arab Emirates – Formation
United Arab Emirates
90'
59'
33'
United Arab Emirates started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
The manager Bert van Marwijk decided to play with the following team: Ali Khasif , Bandar Al Ahbabi , Shahin Abdulrahman , Mohamed Al Attas , Mahmoud Khamis , Majed Hassan , Abdallah Ramadan , Fabio Lima , Abdulla Salmeen , Caio Canedo and Ali Mabkhout .
The home team had on the bench: Mohammed Jumaa, Al Hassan Saleh, Khalfan Mubarak , Sebastian Tagliabue, Khalifa Mubarak, Adel Al Hosani, Majid Rashid, Tahnoon Alzaabi, Abdulaziz Hussain, Walid Abbas , Mohammed Al Shamsi and Khalil Ibrahim.
Substitutions
United Arab Emirates made 4 changes: A. Hamad for K. Mubarak (77′), M. Al Attas for W. Abbas (79′), M. Al Hammadi for K. I. Al Hammadi (90′) and C. Canedo for S. Tagliabue (90′).
Best player: Majed Hassan
The player that probably impressed the most for United Arab Emirates was Majed Hassan.
His rating is with 69 passes (88% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 16 duels out of 20.
Iraq – Formation
Iraq
Iraq started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).
On the other side, Dick Advocaat played with: Fahad Talib , Alaa Ali Mhawi , Ahmed Ibrahim , Ali Faez Atiyah , Ali Adnan , Shareef Abdulkadhim , Mohammed Ali , Ahmed Fadhil , Ibrahim Bayesh , Bashar Resan and Alaa Abdul-Zahra .
They had on the bench: Ayman Hussein , Sajad Jassim, Karrar Amer Al-Abbasi, Mohammed Qasim, Safaa Hadi , Humam Tariq , Maytham Jabbar, Amir Al Ammari , Gubari Sherko , Ahmed Basil and Ali Yaseen.
Substitutions
Iraq made 5 changes: S. Abdulkadhim for A. Hussein (54′), A. Fadhil for A. Al Ammari (72′), A. Adnan for H. Tariq (72′), B. Resan for S. Hadi (81′) and A. Abdul-Zahra for S. Kareem (82′).
Best player: Bashar Resan
The player that probably impressed the most for Iraq was Bashar Resan.
His rating is with 23 passes (78% accurate) and 5 key passes. He was won 8 duels out of 17. He performed 8 crosses.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the WC Qualification Asia.
- Japan – Australia – 2-1
- IR Iran – Korea Republic – 1-1
- Syria – Lebanon – 2-3
- Oman – Vietnam – 3-1
- United Arab Emirates – Iraq – 2-2
- Saudi Arabia – China PR – 3-2
