2010 FIFA World Cup Qualification (Asia): Pakistan vs. Iraq

Monday, October 22, 2007

October 22, 2007 18:30 (UTC+3)
	Pakistan	0–7	Iraq	Punjab Stadium, Lahore
		Match Report	19' (1) Nashat Akram Ali 25' (1) Mahdi Karim 49' (2) Mahdi Karim 71' (1) J Mohammed Al Hamd 83' (2) J Mohammed Al Hamd 88' (3) Mahdi Karim 90' (4) Mahdi Karim	Punjab Stadium, Lahore

Hoping to reach the final tournament for the 1^st time in 24 years, Asian champions Iraq defeated Pakistan 7-0 in the 1^st leg of the 1^st round of the Asian qualifying zone for the 2010 FIFA World Cup.

Nashat Akram opened the scoring in 19^th minute before Karim netted his 1^st of four goals six minutes later. Iraq would go onto score five goals into the 2^nd half.

The win was the first for new coach Egil Olsen. He took Norway to the 1994 and 1998 FIFA World CUP final and to 2^nd place in the FIFA/Coca-Cola world ranking.

Iraq will play their 1^st round home leg in Aleppo, Syria due to security concerns in Iraq.

Sources

"Iraq thump Pakistan 7-0 in World Cup qualifier" — Yahoo, October 22, 2007

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