Football World, January 29 - In the knockout round of 16 of the Asian Cup, Iraq lost to Jordan 2:3, and was reversed in injury time to stop in the round of 16, and Jordan successfully advanced to the quarterfinals of the Asian Cup. Iraq had an impressive run in the group stage, beating favourites Japan to top the group and win all three of their matches, while Jordan qualified through their best third place in the group stage but unexpectedly beat Iraq in the round of 16. Four of the five goals of the game came in the second half, with Iraq coming back and then being reversed.
The first half was played very cautiously, until the first minute of stoppage time, Jordan seized on Iraq's misplaced pass at the back, and Yazan Neimat made a steal and scored a solo goal to give Iraq the lead in the first half. The two sides then went into half-time. In the 67th minute of the second half, Iraq got a corner kick opportunity, Natick scored with a header to help the team equalize, Iraq 1:1 Jordan, the two sides returned to the same starting line. Iraq began to dominate and took the lead in the 76th minute when Hussein picked up a cross from a team-mate in the box and scored the back of the net. However, he was also sent off by the referee for his celebration. This also led to Iraq's passivity of playing less than 1, laying a hidden danger for the subsequent reversal.
Referee Faghani gave up to seven minutes of stoppage time, but the actual stoppage time was almost 10 minutes. In the fifth minute of stoppage time, there was a scuffle in the Iraqi penalty area, with Jordan having several back-to-foot shots in the box that were saved by the goalkeeper before Yazan Arabia equalised with a follow-up shot. However, in less than a minute, Rashdan's long-range shot from outside the box quickly overtook the score, Jordan 3:2 Iraq. Successfully advanced to the top 8 of the knockout round.
After Iraq reached the round of 16 at the Asian Cup, Jordan will face either Iran or Syria in the last eight of the knockout rounds.