Ali Yousif broke the deadlock in the 20th minute, slotting home to give Iraq the lead over Andorra at the Estadi Municipal de Montilivi in Girona.
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The game began with Andorra settling into possession, but by the 10-minute mark Iraq had taken control of the ball for the majority of the opening quarter and turned that dominance into a goal on 20 minutes when Yousif finished decisively. Yousif later described the strike as the moment that broke the tie through a clinical finish, a line that summed up how the first real opening was converted.
That opening sequence is the clearest evidence of the match’s arc: initial Andorra possession, a period of Iraqi control through the first 10 minutes, and then the 20th-minute strike that put Iraq on top. The score and possession numbers in the first quarter both favored Iraq, underlining why the goal mattered at that moment rather than as a mere fluke.
Still, the match is not one-sided in feel. Even after Yousif’s goal, Andorra was slowly finding its rhythm and began to gain more control of play, probing Iraq’s lead and nudging the momentum away from their ranking deficit. That growing control came against the backdrop of Iraq having already dominated early possession and opened the scoring, a mismatch between scoreboard reality and the flow developing on the pitch.
The decisive question now is whether Andorra’s improving control will produce a response before halftime or whether Iraq can turn early possession and the lead into a buffer. The available report does not state whether either side added to the score after Yousif’s strike, so the next meaningful developments — an equalizer from Andorra or a second goal from Iraq — remain the match’s immediate hinge.
