Nepal lost the friendly match against Iraq
Nepal lost the friendly match against Iraq 6-2. For Iraq, captain Ala Abdul Jahar scored the opening goal in the seventh minute of the game. While a minute later, Nepal equalized when the Iraqi defender scored from his own post to clear the shot of Anjan Bista.
Then in the 29th minute of the match, Manish Dangi, who was playing his debut game, scored a goal to give Nepal a 2-1 lead. Then after Nepal conceded three goals and Nepal was trailing 4-2 at the end of the first half.
Iraq dominated the game in the second half. Nepal could not play like in the first half. Iraq won the game 6-2 after scoring two more goals in the second half. Nepal, which is 103 places above Nepal in the FIFA rankings, has also lost all four matches.Nepal has added only 3 points with 1 win and 4 losses in 5 matches played so far.
Australia tops the group with 12 points, followed by Kuwait and Jordan with 10 points each. Similarly, Taipei, which is at the bottom of the group, has no points in 5 games. Even if Nepal finishes fourth, it will have a chance to make it straight to the third round of the Asian Cup qualifiers.
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