2023 King's Cup Semi-Final Highlights: India vs. Iraq After a 2-2 draw, IND loses to IRQ on penalties.

India vs Iraq, 2023 King's Cup Semi-Final Highlights

India vs Iraq, 2023 King's Cup Semi-Final Highlights: India gave tough fight to Iraq, but eventually fell in the penalty shootout. Manvir's brilliant goal gave India the lead in the first half, while an own goal by Iraq's goalkeeper gave them the lead again in the second half. However, Iraq canceled out both of those leads by converting a penalty. Iraq dominated till the end but India maintained a defensive position. The match finished 2–2 and went straight to a penalty shootout, with no extra time in the King's Cup. Brandon Fernandes missed India's first penalty and that was the difference.

 

 

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September 07, 2023 06:11 PM IS

IND vs IRQ, King's Cup Semi Final Live Score: India lost

Today was always going to be difficult for India but what a brilliant performance they have done here. It was a close contest between Iraq for most of the match and only the lottery of the penalty shootout could decide the game. They would have liked to play another match here but Igor Stimac will be pleased with how his boys performed against an opponent much ahead of them in the ranking ladder. That's all from us, thanks for joining us and goodbye!

 

September 07, 2023 06:08 PM IST

IND vs IRQ King's Cup Live Score: GOAL! Iran won the shootout 5-4!

Bonian smashed it into the side netting and sealed it for Iraq. After this he rarely even celebrates, that's how quiet he was about the whole thing.

 September 07, 2023 06:07 PM IST

India vs Iraq Live Score: GOAL! India 4-4 Iraq

Rahim Ali is as calm as can be and keeps India in the hunt.

 

September 07, 2023 06:06 PM IST

IND vs IRQ, King's Cup Semi-Final Live Score: GOAL! India 3-4 Iraq

Amin Alhamawi calmly headed it to Sandhu's right and the Indian goalkeeper again went the wrong way.

 

September 07, 2023 06:05 PM IST

IND vs IRQ King's Cup Live Score: GOAL! India 3-3 Iraq

Anwar Ali hits it powerfully into the top left corner. Non-saveable.

 

September 07, 2023 06:04 PM IST 

India vs Iraq Live Score: Goals! India 2-3 Iraq 

Gurpreet again went the wrong way and Gadhaban once again found the target from the spot today.

 

September 07, 2023 06:03 PM IST 

IND vs IRQ, King's Cup Semi-Final Live Score: Goals! India 2-2 Iraq 

Suresh Singh did not miss and India remained in the hunt

 

September 07, 2023 06:03 PM IST

IND vs IRQ King's Cup Live Score: Goals! India 1-2 Iraq 

This time Gurpreet was sent the wrong way and Iran maintained their lead. The scorer was Ali Khadim.

 

September 07, 2023 06:02 PM IST

India vs Iraq Live Score: Goals! India 1-1 Iraq

Jhingan is next and he breaks the bottom of the bar and puts it in!

 

 

September 07, 2023 06:01 PM IST

IND vs IRQ King's Cup Live Score: Goals! India 0-1 Iraq

Gurpreet dives in the right direction but can't stop the ball from going in! Salih started the scoring in this shootout

 

September 07, 2023 06:00 PM IST

India vs Iraq Live Score: Saved! India 0-0 Iraq

Fernandes can't keep it past Hussain. If Iraq scores, they will now take the lead.

 

September 07, 2023 06:00 PM IST

IND vs IRQ, King's Cup Semi-Final Live Score: India to get first kick

Brandon Fernandes came forward, Hussain and Gurpreet were given instructions by the referee. here is my!

 

 

September 07, 2023 05:56 PM IST

IND vs IRQ King's Cup Live Score: Full Time! India 2-2 Iraq 

On to the punishment we go!

 

September 07, 2023 05:55 PM IST

India vs Iraq Live Score: Red Card!

90+3 min: Zidane Iqbal is sent off after being elbowed in the face by Brandon Fernandes. That was a crazy challenge, only he knows what he was thinking. Or maybe not.

 

September 07, 2023 05:51 PM IST

IND vs IRQ, King's Cup semi-final live score: 4 minutes of extra time

India are now effectively playing with six defenders. Due to excessive pressure from Ghadbhan, Jhingan moved out to a corner of Iraq. It's 90 and we have four minutes to spare. Remember there is no extra time in the King's Cup, if it stays level we go to penalties.

 

 

September 07, 2023 05:48 PM IST 

IND vs IRQ King's Cup Live Score: Big chance for Iraq!

Salih tore India to pieces down the left after Iraq with another great cross. Gurpreet managed to reach Gadhaban before he could.

 

September 07, 2023 05:40 PM IST

India vs Iraq Live Score: GOAL! India 2-2 Iraq (Gadhban 79 mins)

Gadhaban takes the kick himself and heads past Gurpreet to the right. Iraq is back on par.

 

September 07, 2023 05:38 PM IST

IND vs IRQ, King's Cup Semi-Final Live Score: Penalty for Iraq!

Length ball in the box, Jhingan and Aymen Gadhban contest for it and the Indian sends his opponent down the floor. Second penalty of the match for Iraq.

 

 

September 07, 2023 05:37 PM IST

IND vs IRQ King's Cup Live Score: 77 minutes gone, India 2-1 Iraq

India has now overtaken the statistics and so far Iraq has not been able to really pose any major threat. Rohit Kumar and Suresh Singh held their own when the opponents entered the box by pushing and shoving.

 

September 07, 2023 05:29 PM IST

India vs Iraq Live Score: Chance for Iraq!

66 min: Salih finds Amin Alhamawi perfectly free and in space with a superb cross from the left. He can score any part he wants and finally throws it into the stands.

 

September 07, 2023 05:22 PM IST 

IND vs IRQ, King's Cup Semifinal Live Score: Things are heating up!

62 mins: There was a lot of pushing and shoving between the two teams and in the end the referee gave a yellow card to Salih. It all started with Shafiq taking Sahal down aggressively.

 

 

September 07, 2023 05:20 PM IST

IND vs IRQ King's Cup Live Score: 57 minutes gone, India 2-1 Iraq

Ashiq Kuruniyan has been dropped and Rahim Ali has come in his place.

 

September 07, 2023 05:11 PM IST

India vs Iraq Live Score: Goals! India 2-1 Iraq! (Hassan OG 51 mins) 

A terrible moment for the Iraqi goalkeeper. After Hussain's ball slipped, India pushed the ball blindly. Sahal played it on the right side to Manvir, who played the ball square. Hussein dives and intercepts the pass with his hand, allowing the ball to go into the goal.

 

September 07, 2023 05:06 PM IST 

IND vs IRQ, King's Cup Semifinal Live Score: Second Half Starts!

 

Iraq has made three changes. Zidane, Amin Alhamawi, Ayman Ghadban all come. Three changes at half-time doesn't reflect well on the coach's feeling about how the first half went. India unchanged.

 

 

September 07, 2023 04:50 PM IST

IND vs IRQ King's Cup Live Score: Half Time! India 1-1 Iraq

Only two minutes of extra time which did not yield any decisive result. India will definitely be the happiest team before this break. He got off to a great start, which resulted in him getting the lead. But thereafter Iraq took complete control of the match, to such an extent that it became difficult for India to get out of their own third in the final minutes of the first half.

 

September 07, 2023 04:47 PM IST

India vs Iraq Live Score: More pressure from Iraq

Corner to corner this time for Iraq. The first comes after Aboud's solo dribble is stopped by Mahesh in the box. It was cleared by Anwar Ali but Iraq won another corner within seconds. Nothing happens even than this. Now regulation time is about to expire in the first half.

 

September 07, 2023 04:35 PM IST

IND vs IRQ King's Cup Live Score: Iraq almost take the lead!

32 min: A free kick from long range by Bonian. Lots of players from both sides line up inside the box but no contact occurs. The player who gets something on the ball is Sandhu, who dives to his right and takes it away, otherwise the ball would have gone in. It hits the post and falls back into the box, pinballs for a while. Gurpreet took it in his fist.

 

 

September 07, 2023 04:30 PM IST

India vs Iraq Live Score: GOAL! India 1-1 Iraq (Al Hamadi 28 min)

Jhingan was yellow carded for a hand ball inside the box that blocked a shot and the referee also awarded a penalty to Iraq. There are not many arguments from the Indians' side. AFC Wimbledon man Ali Al-Hamadi took the kick, headed to the right of Gurpreet who dived in the right. But the ball went beyond his gloves.

 

September 07, 2023 04:22 PM IST

IND vs IRQ, King's Cup Semi-Final Live Score: Goals! India 1-0 Iraq (Mahesh 17 mins)

How about this! Great performance by Mahesh, India leads Iraq 1-0! An Indian counter-attack brings a goal for them. Sahal plays Mahesh brilliantly, Mahesh comes in from the inside left channel and lofts it to the bottom of the near post. Sensational counters from India and a silky smooth finish from Mahesh.

 

September 07, 2023 04:19 PM IST

India vs Iraq live score: 11 minutes passed

India's attack fails as Manveer and Mahesh are 

not on the same wavelength. Anwar Ali stopped

Iraq's subsequent counter-offensive. It was 

great work from the defender as India were 

wide open on the left. Still 0-0.

 

 

September 07, 2023 04:07 PM IST

IND vs IRQ, King's Cup semi-final live score: 5 

minutes left, India 0-0 Iraq

Iraq certainly seems more comfortable under 

occupation. India, on the other hand, has seen 

nothing but this. It's still early days though.

 

September 07, 2023 04:02 PM IST

IND vs IRQ King's Cup Live Score: The Start!

Iraq in white with a slight tinge of green, India 

in blue. India is attacking from right to left.

 

September 07, 2023 03:59 PM IST

India vs Iraq Live Score: National Anthem!

First comes the Iraqi national anthem and then the Indian anthem is sung.

 

September 07, 2023 03:53 PM IST

IND vs IRQ, King's Cup Semi-Final Live Score: 

Players walked out

There is not a huge crowd in the stands, but it looks like there is a 50-50 split between Indianand Iraqi  fans.

 

September 07, 2023 03:44 PM IST

IND vs IRQ King's Cup Live Score: Iraq star on the bench

The fact that Iraq have fielded a player of Zidane Iqbal's caliber shows the strength of their team.

 

September 07, 2023 03:38 PM IST

India vs Iraq live score: Other missing stars for India

The Indian team is a bit weak in this tournament. Lalianzuala Changte has fever and is not playing in this tournament. Meanwhile, Akash Mishra has been injured.

 

 

September 07, 2023 03:37 PM IST

IND vs IRQ, King's Cup Semifinal Live Score: Why not Sunil Chhetri?

The 39-year-old captain and charismatic player was not available for selection in this tournament as he is spending some time with his family. Chhetri has performed very well in every match played by India this year and hence this is a good break.

 

September 07, 2023 03:31 PM IST

IND vs IRQ, King's Cup Live Score: Iraq XI

Hasan (GK); Solaka, Hussein, Jasim, Kamil, Karim, Bonian, Aboud, Jirjis, Shafiq, Salih.

 

September 07, 2023 03:31 PM IST

India vs Iraq Live Score: India XI

Gurpreet (GK); Nikhil, Anwar, Sandesh, Akash; Jackson, Thapa; Mahesh, Sahal, Aashiq; Manveer

 

 

September 07, 2023 03:29 PM IST

IND vs IRQ, King's Cup Semifinal Live Score: Hello and welcome!

India is unbeaten in 11 matches but this short tournament in Thailand could prove to be its toughest challenge so far. In first place is Iraq, a big player in Asian football, which is 29 places above India in the world rankings. If they somehow win this game, they will face either Thailand or Lebanon, both of whom are strong in their own right. Any success in this tournament, or a good performance today, would be a sign of some big steps forward for the senior men's team.