The Iraqi police team suffered a severe loss from its host, Al Hilal Saudi Arabia, with a score of 5-0 in the match that brought together the two teams in the competitions. AFC Champions League for the elite Yesterday, Tuesday.
Quintet Crescent It bore the signatures of the players Marcos Leonardo in the 11th minute, Aleksandar Mitrovic in the 15th minute, Khalifa Al-Dosari in the 47th minute, Nasser Al-Dossari in the 73rd minute, and Muhammad Kanno in the 90th + 5th minute in the match that was held at the Prince Faisal bin City Stadium. Fahd Sports.
Winwin reviews the 3 most prominent reasons why the Iraqi team quickly collapsed against Al Hilal in yesterday’s match, and we review them in the context of the following report.
Iraqi player culture
Throughout history, the Iraqi player has suffered from a problem with the culture of coming back after falling behind in the result, especially after the opposing team managed to score two goals in the first half, and there are a few exceptional cases.
Al-Hilal succeeded in killing the spirit of the Iraqi players and was able to decide the match in the first half after scoring an early brace that gave the advantage to Blue in the first quarter of an hour only. Thus, the competitor lost the fighting spirit to return to the result of the match at the start of the second half.
Bono shined before the police
As usual, the Moroccan star goalkeeper, Yassine Bounou, appeared with a great level that caught the attention in the match and was able to protect his goal from conceding any goal in the match.
Bono (33 years old) blocked three very dangerous balls that could have given Al-Shorta at least one or two goals, but the Moroccan goalkeeper blocked them with great skill, making him among the best players in the match and earning a rating of 7.6 out of 10.
Salah options
Without a doubt, coach Ahmed Salah bears part of the loss of the “Green Harp”, as a result of his choices that may not be appropriate for yesterday’s match.
Ahmed Salah did not benefit from the Syrian striker Mahmoud Al-Mawas, who was outside the coverage area, and the same was true for the players Faisal Jassim, Muhammad Daoud and Fahd Al-Youssef, as Salah moved to correct the team’s situation in the second half by involving Muhannad Ali and Ahmed Farhan, but these adjustments were not enough to return the result that was achieved. It doubled over time.
The third round of the Al-Gharb region competitions will be held on the 21st and 22nd of October, where Al-Shorta will meet on the 21st of the same month with Pakhtakor in Karbala, Al-Sadd will play against Persepolis in Doha, Al-Ain will face Al-Hilal in Al-Ain, and Al-Rayyan will face Al-Ahly in Al-Rayyan. On October 22, the match between Al-Gharafa and Al-Wasl in Al-Khor and Esteghlal with Al-Nasr in Tehran.
