Iraq put six past Oman in AFC U-19 Championship

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Saturday, October 11th 2014 02:34 AM

Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar: A brace from forward Emad Mohsin led 2012 finalists Iraq to a 6-0 rout of Oman as their AFC U-19 Championship campaign began in hugely impressive fashion in the Group D opener at Wunna Theikdi Stadium on Friday. The five-time champions put on a clinical display of finishing as they scored three times in the first period with Mohsin's first-half double sandwiching an own goal from the unfortunate Oman goalkeeper Alaa Al Shiyadi. And despite sitting back following the re-start, Iraq showed their strength in depth with all three second-half substitutes in Sherko Kareem, Layth Tahseen and Aymen Hussein adding their names to the score sheet to underline Iraq's pre-tournament status as one of the title favourites. Iraq will now play Qatar in the next round in a battle to top the group, Qatar have managed a convincing 3-1 victory over DPR Korea.