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Indonesian National Team
to break the negative trend against Iraq that has disappeared again.In the fourth round of the 2026 World Cup Qualification match in the Asian zone which was held at the King Abdullah Sport City Stadium, Jeddah, Sunday (12/10) early morning WIB, the Garuda squad had to admit Iraq’s superiority with a narrow score of 0-1.
A single goal scored by Zidane Iqbal in the 76th minute was the difference in a tight match.
The young Iraqi midfielder managed to get past Calvin Verdonk before firing a low shot into the bottom left corner of Maarten Paes’ goal.
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Indonesia actually appeared quite convincing in the first half by controlling the game and creating several golden opportunities.
However, the final settlement was not optimal so the score remained goalless until halftime.
Entering the second half, the pressure from Indonesia continued, but Iraq appeared more effective and disciplined in defense.
Zidane Iqbal’s goal was a blow for Indonesia who then tried hard to equalize.
Unfortunately, a number of efforts by Jay Idzes et al often failed, and the match was even filled with drama and violations from both teams.
With this result, Indonesia has not collected a single point from two matches and is now slumped at the bottom of Group B. Previously, Patrick Kluivert’s troops also lost 2-3 to Saudi Arabia.
Meanwhile, the victory over Indonesia brought Iraq to collect three points, the same as Saudi Arabia, but lost in goal productivity.The top position in Group B will be determined in the crucial match between Iraq vs Saudi Arabia on Tuesday (14/10).
This defeat also extended Indonesia’s winless record over Iraq to 10 consecutive matches since the two teams first met in 1973. In that span, Indonesia was only able to draw once and lost nine times.
Indonesia vs Iraq Meeting Record (Data: 11v11):
16 March 1973: Iraq 1-1 Indonesia
21 March 1973: Iraq 3-2 Indonesia
17 July 1977: Iraq 2-0 Indonesia
17 July 1978: Iraq 4-0 Indonesia
26 November 1996: Iraq 4-0 Indonesia
19 November 2013: Iraq 2-0 Indonesia
16 November 2023: Iraq 5-1 Indonesia
15 January 2024: Iraq 3-1 Indonesia
6 June 2024: Iraq 2-0 Indonesia
11 October 2025: Iraq 1-0 Indonesia
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