The Iraqi U-17 national football team lost to its Egyptian counterpart with a score of 5-0 this evening, Monday, in the fourth round of the second group of the Gulf Cup Under 17 Championship held in Qatar.
The match started at 8 PM Baghdad time, at the Saud bin Abdul Rahman Stadium in the Qatari capital, Doha, and ended in favor of the Egyptian team.
The first half ended with Egypt leading by one goal, scored by player Abdulaziz Saad in the 16th minute.
At the beginning of the second half, the Egyptian team scored its second goal through the same player Abdulaziz Saad in the 48th minute, and Egypt scored its third goal by player Ziad Omar in the 54th minute. The Egyptian team then scored its fourth goal through player Khalid Moussa in the 82nd minute, and concluded its scoring with a fifth goal in the 87th minute by player Khalid Moussa.
The Iraqi team is playing in the second group, which also includes Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, and Yemen.
Qatar is hosting the Gulf Cup for U-17 teams, with the participation of ten teams divided into two groups, including eight Gulf teams, alongside the guest teams Egypt and China.