Coach Radhi Shenaishil of U23 Iraq highly appreciated the Doha Cup friendly tournament. He believes that this tournament is a valuable test for the home team, aiming to win tickets to attend the 2024 Paris Olympics. Therefore, most of the most outstanding faces of Iraq U23 were summoned.
Many players playing in Europe have been summoned by coach Radhi Shenaishil. Some names include Manuel Iylia (FC Twente Netherlands) Ali Hayder (Stoke City England) Mustafa Omran (Atalanta Italy) Ewert Baram (FC Nurnberg Germany) Hani Nesajer (Trelleborgs FF Sweden) Yusuf Al-Imam ( Malmo Sweden) and Marko Farji (Stromsgodset Norway).
The most unfortunate absence of Iraq U23 this time is Zidane Iqbal, who is playing for Man Utd. He could not participate because he was busy with the national team.
According to statistics from Tranfermark, the value of Iraq’s U23 squad participating in the Doha Cup is up to 4 28 million euros. The most valuable player is Merchas Doski, who is playing for Slovacko Club (Czech Republic) for 500,000 euros.
The value of Iraq U23 far exceeds that of Vietnam U23. According to Tranfermark, the value of the squad in the hands of coach Philippe Troussier is only 915,000 euros. Luong Duy Cuong is the highest valued player with 75,000 euros. Even the value of Iraq U23 is nearly equal to the Vietnamese national team (6 43 million euros).
However, Iraq U23 also has certain disadvantages. For example, they only had two practice sessions before the match with U23 Vietnam because the group of players playing abroad gathered late.
In addition, the Doha Cup tournament took place in the month of Ramadan ( from March 22 to April 21). According to custom, Iraqi U23 players will not eat or drink until sunset. To adapt, U23 Iraq can only practice once a day.
According to the schedule, U23 Vietnam will face U23 Iraq at 10:45 p.m. on March 22 local time (ie 02:45 a.m. on March 23). 3 according to Vietnam time).
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