The Lions of Mesopotamia rewrite history for di Arabian Gulf Cup Gulf 27.
Iraq open di scoring just 6 minutes into dia opening match of di tournament against Oman.
Di two sides meet today, Wednesday, for Prince Abdullah Al-Faisal Sports City Stadium inside Jeddah, for di first round of di group stage.
Six minutes in, Mohammed Qasim strike.
He collect di ball inside di penalty area and he lashed am home with him left foot.
Na dat goal be di first goal of di 27th edition of di Gulf tournament, and na Qasim third for Iraq.
E reach dat number despite say he don play him 24th match for di team, according to Transfermarkt website.
Strange tin be say Qasim first two goals for Iraq also be di opening goals for di Arabian Gulf Cup, 7 years ago for di 2019 edition.
He score both for one single match, wey itself be di opening game of di Gulf 24 tournament.
Dat match lead di Lions of Mesopotamia to 2-1 win over Qatar.
Di 29-year-old then miss di Gulf 25 and 26 editions.
Now he don come back, and once again he don score Iraq first goal and di first goal of di tournament.
