Before we discuss the circumstances of the national team and the outcome, let's talk about a unique social and sporting experience on a global scale, which coincided with the national team's matches with the 'Lions of Mesopotamia' during the visit of the Iraqi team and its fans to the beloved capital, Abu Dhabi, and with our team and fans traveling to the beautiful city of Basra. The result of these two visits was an outpouring of mutual joy and respect, and I am confident that no country in the world has ever witnessed anything similar in such fateful and decisive matches.
And speaking of the national team, we failed to qualify for the World Cup, even though the opportunity was there and was the best for our team compared to the opportunities that arose in past years.
