The national team storms the door to the World Cup qualifiers

The national football team revived its chances of qualifying for the 2026 World Cup finals, with its valuable victory over its guest, Kyrgyzstan, 3-0, yesterday, at Mohammed bin Zayed Stadium, in the fifth round of the first group competitions in the Asian qualifiers.

The “White” team raised its score to seven points, three points behind the Uzbekistan team, which is in second place with 10 points, and which lost to Qatar (2-3) in the match that was held at the same time, while the Iranian team strengthened its lead in the group with 13 points by defeating Korea.

North Korea (3-2), while Kyrgyzstan’s points froze at three, compared to two points for the North Korean team.

The team had played the match raising the slogan of victory only, to compensate for the loss it suffered in the last round at the hands of Uzbekistan with a clean goal, and the positive draw (1-1) that it lost at home to its guest, North Korea, in the third round.

The national team cut the ribbon on the goals of the confrontation early by its player, Hareb Abdullah, in the 15th minute, taking advantage of the mistake of the visitors’ defender, and the goal was a big push for the “White” players to extend their control over the course of the match.

With the passage of time, the general technical level of the match increased, giving the national team a greater advantage, which was translated into strengthening the lead with the second goal in the 35th minute, through player Marcos Vinicius with a missile shot from outside the penalty area, which the visitors’ goalkeeper was unable to deal with.

At a time when the Kyrgyz national team was putting the “White” team under pressure, Hareb snatched his second goal and the team’s third goal in the 89th minute, with a missile shot from outside the penalty area, to secure the three points for the team.

It is noteworthy that the national team will receive its Qatari counterpart in the next round, Next Tuesday, at Al Nahyan Stadium, in the sixth round.

Ranking of the first group Iran 13 points Uzbekistan 10 points Emirates 7 points Diameter 7 points Kyrgyzstan 3 points North Korea 2 points • “Al-Abyad” will face the Qatari national team, next Tuesday, at Al Nahyan Stadium, in the sixth round.

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