According to Tasnim news agency, the eighth day of the Asian Nations Cup football competition started with Japan’s incredible defeat against Iraq.
In the first match today (Friday), the Japanese and Iraqi teams met at the Education City Stadium at 3:00 p.m. The Iraqi team defeated its strong opponent with a score of 2-1 and made the first surprise of this tournament.
In this game, which was held in Group D, Ayman Hossein scored for Iraq in the 5th and 4th +4 minutes for Iraq and Wataru Endo scored for Japan in the 90th +3 minute.
The referee of this game was Khalid al-Taris from Saudi Arabia, who showed yellow cards to Saad Natiq Naji from Iraq and Junia Ito from Japan.
With this victory, the Iraqi team gained six points and while standing at the top of the group D standings of the Asian Nations Cup, it confirmed its promotion to the next stage of this competition. Besides, Japan ranked second in this group with three points.
The video of the goals of this match is below:
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