Iraq 1-0, 22-year-old Zidane-Iqbal blocked the throat with a sword, Indonesia lost 2 consecutive games and missed the World Cup

The Iraqi team, ranked 58th in the world, ushered in the second round of the fourth stage of the Asian preliminaries of the World Cup. Iraq will face the Indonesian team, ranked 119th in the world, at its home court.

Iraq has won 3 consecutive games in all categories before the match, while Indonesia has 1 win, 1 draw and 1 loss in the 3 matches before the match. It can be seen that Iraq is in better shape than Indonesia. In the last 6 matches between the two sides, Iraq has the absolute upper hand because Iraq defeated the Indonesian team in all 6 matches. Therefore, before the game, more fans were full of confidence in Iraq beating Indonesia at home.

In the 76th minute, Amin made a wonderful pass. After the 22-year-old Zidane Iqbal got the ball and cut inside continuously, he fired an angry shot from the top of the arc to help Iraq take the lead.

In the 81st minute, Indonesian coach Kluivert was dissatisfied with the penalty. Chinese referee Ma Ning pointed at Haye and yelled.

In the 9th minute of stoppage time, Zaid Tahsin received a second yellow card and was sent off, leaving Iraq with one less player to fight.

In the end, Iraq defeated the Indonesian team 1-0. After the game, Iraq ranked second in Group B with 3 points, while the Indonesian team lost 2 consecutive games and ranked last with 0 points. As a result, Indonesia was declared eliminated and completely missed the World Cup in the United States, Canada and Mexico. In the final round, Iraq and Saudi Arabia competed head-on for a spot in the group.

The Iraqi team had less than 50% of the ball in the whole game, took fewer corner kicks than the Indonesian team, took fewer shots than the Indonesian team, and had one more shot on target than the Indonesian team.

The referee of this game was China's Ma Ning. He showed a total of seven yellow cards and one red card.