Article by GSP.ro – Published Wednesday, June 11, 2025, 15:47 / Updated Wednesday, June 11, 2025 15:47
The beautiful dream of the Palestinians to reach the World Cup for the first time in the extension of the decisive match with Oman.
The Palestine selected, on June 10, a decisive match with the Oman's band, in order to access the fourth round of Asian Preliminaries for the 2026 World Cup. With a victory, the Palestinians would have gone, along with Iraq.
However, the final result was 1-1, in the confrontation played in Amman, in the capital of Jordan. Although they drove from the 49th minute and then benefited from the elimination of a player from the side team, which came in the 73rd minute, Ehab Abu Jazar's students were matched, from an 11-meter shot, just a few moments before the duel ended.
This result takes advantage of those in Oman, who thus go further, in the fourth stage of the preliminaries.
Tears in the Palestine locker
The more difficult this failure was to be digested as they played on neutral field, and the Jordanians, those who hosted them, were in a completely different, holiday, due to the qualification obtained for the first time at a World Championship.
Palestine, which ranks 101st place in the FIFA hierarchy, came after two extraordinary victories in front of Iraq representatives (2-1) and Kuwait (2-0). From Group B, South Korea and Jordan have qualified directly, while Iraq and Oman will go to the next preliminary tour of the Asian area.
- Article by Ciprian Necula
