Paris Olympics.. Iraq defeats Ukraine and leads with Morocco
The Iraqi Olympic team played a distinguished match against Ukraine, in the opening matches of the football competitions in the Paris 2024 Olympics, and achieved a victory, to lead the group, along with the Moroccan team.
The Iraqi team defeated Ukraine 2-1, after being behind by a clean goal.
Ukraine scored the lead goal through Valentin Rubchinskiy in the 53rd minute, but captain Ayman Hussein equalized the score after only 4 minutes, from a penalty kick.
The victory came at the feet of the rising star, Ali Jassim, after technical skill, in the 75th minute.
The Moroccan team had defeated Argentina by the same score, in the opening matches of Group Two, which put it in a joint lead with Iraq.