Iraq’s national football team is still without a point in Russia 2018 World Cup qualification as they’ve lost their first three matches which include defeats to
Australia (2-0), Saudi Arabia (1-2) and Japan (2-1) and face a must win home match against Thailand in their next qualifier game.
In a bid to qualify for the World Cup, they decided to slaughter a sheep publicly as a ‘sacrifice to god’ so that luck and good will could befall them in their next home game against Thailand- because according to the team, except God acts, it’s impossible for them to qualify for Russia 2018.
In 2011, Turkish team Sivasspor slaughtered a sheep before a game with a Serbian team and won 4-1. In Iraq the practise is seen as an ancient and trust worthy one.
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