Preview: Palestine vs. Iraq
What: WAFF Group C Match Where: King Abdullah II Stadium, Amman, Jordan When: 1700 GMT (1900 Local Time) TV: Al Jazeera Sport 2, Abu Dhabi Sport +2, Kuwait Sport, Iraq Sport, Oman 2, and Saudi Sport Internet Stream: A…
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WAFF Update: Palestine control their own destiny
[CORRECTION 9/29]: 24 hours after Lady Luck departed Palestine’s side she made a dramatic return to Palestinian arms. In today’s early game, Oman failed to hold on to a 2-1 lead after Iran had been reduced to 10 men. With…
Rapid Reaction: Palestine 1 Yemen 3
[UPDATE]: Upon reviewing the game it seems that Abdelatif Bahdari was sent off on a double yellow, which is all well and good except he didn’t have a first yellow to begin with. That might go a ways to explaining…
Preview: Palestine vs. Yemen
What: WAFF Group C Match When: September 27th, 19:00 GMT+2 Where: King Abdullah II Stadium, Amman, Jordan TV: Al Jazeera Sport 2 [CORRECTION] Iraq edged Yemen out in a 2-1 thriller to kick off the games in Group C on…
WAFF Update
-Iraq has defeated Yemen 2-1 putting Yemen in a tough position ahead of facing Palestine on Monday
Scouting the Opponent: Iraq
FIFA Rank: (T-107th)(16th in Asia) Previous Encounters: 11 (0-2-8) 2007 WAFF L 0-1 2004 WAFF L 1-2 2002 WAFF L 0-2 2010 Results: Friendly v. Jordan L 1-4 Friendly v. Oman W 2-3 WAFF Squad: Wolfgang Sidka took over the…
FInal squad announced… with the help of the IDF
As has been the norm with almost every squad Palestine has announced over the past decade Israel has decided to weigh in. It has determined that defender Khaled Mahdi, defensive midfielder Maaly Kaware, playmaker Ayman Al-Hendi and backup goalkeeper Mohammed…
More on WAFF Preparation
Both Group C rivals were in action this week as Yemen and Iraq failed to impress against Zambia and Jordan respectively. The defending Asian Cup champions were thoroughly humbled by a Jordanian side missing some key players who were tied…
Scouting the Opponent: Yemen
FIFA Rank: (T-107) (17th in Asia) Previous Encounters: None at Senior Level. 2010 AFC U-19 Qualifying: D 2-2 2008 Olympic Qualifying: L 1-2, D 1-1 2006 AFC U-19 Qualifying: L 0-3 2010 Results: [UPDATED: 9/18/2010] Friendly v. Tajikistan L 0-1…
WAFF Training camp underway
Palestine has just completed its first two days of preparation for the WAFF tournament with 21 players participating in the Al-Ram camp. One notable absentee is Fahed Attal who attempted to cross into the West Bank by land numerous times,…