Kathmandu: Nepal lost to Iraq 6-2 in an international friendly match. In Basra, Iraq, Nepal did well in the beginning but could not sustain it. Iraq took the lead in the seventh minute.
Iraq's Alaa Abdul's free-kick was converted into a goal. But Nepal equalized in the eighth minute of the match. Ahmed Ibrahim Khalaf of Iraq scored a suicide goal for Nepal while clearing the ball struck by Anjan Bista. Nepal scored 4 goals in the first half and 2 goals in the second half.
Nepal scored another goal in the 29th minute but could not win due to weakness of the defense. Now the Nepali team will go to Kuwait today. Nepal will play the remaining matches of the World Cup qualifiers in Kuwait. Nepal will play Chinese Taipei in Kuwait on June 3, Jordan on June 7 and Australia on June 11.
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