Iraqi national team coach Jesus Casas confirmed that the victory over Oman yesterday, Tuesday, was important.

Iraq achieved a 1-0 victory over its counterpart, Oman, in the sixth round of the Asian qualifiers for the 2026 World Cup.

Casas added during the press conference after the match: “The victory is important and the match was difficult as we expected, and we are happy that the performance was better than the previous round, and we possessed the ball better.” The next will be more difficult than the remaining matches, and we always look forward to achieving victory.”

He continued: “The solutions in football are different, and every player has it To feel his responsibility and importance in the team, and this is the case with football. If we had not won today’s match, perhaps we would have been attacked because of the formation. We certainly did not play with the same formation as the last confrontation, and every match has its own circumstances, and I congratulate the goalkeeper. Ahmed Basil for his performance, although he arrived late with us, but he played two very good matches.”

Regarding changing a large number of players in the formation against Oman, he said: “Our idea was to keep the ball, so our choices were of the type of players who excel at this thing because the opponent has good skills, so we carefully chose our players.”