The football club "Al-Talaba" suffered a defeat against the club "Al-Shurtah" in the last round of the Iraqi Professional League, as reported by Zidan Al-Rubaie. The last few games led to a decrease in the level and results of the team, which thanks to a good game was close to first place, but now occupies the sixth position with 34 points, trailing by 11 points from the leading club "Zakho" with 46 points.
The head coach of "Al-Talaba" Basim Kassem emphasized that his team played a good match against "Al-Shurtah", however, the removal of one of the players, penalties, a poor referee decision, and some mistakes led to the defeat. According to him, the team displayed a decent game, regardless of that.
