The Iraq national football team is preparing to face the winner of the match between Bolivia and Suriname in the World Cup playoffs. Coach Graham Arnold has asked the players to make 46 million Iraqis happy, according to his statements on the official website of the Iraqi Football Association. The team has been training in the Mexican city of Monterrey, and the players Kevin Yeakob, Emar Chir, and Marco Faraj have joined the team. The team will face the winner of the match between Bolivia and Suriname on the 31st of this month. The team's delegation arrived in Monterrey on Sunday, coming from the Jordanian capital Amman, after FIFA provided a private plane for their transportation, due to the war in the Middle East between the United States and Israel on one side, and Iran on the other, since February 28th, which led to the closure of the airspace for most of the region's airports. In the same context, Coach Arnold spoke to several media outlets during the training session on Wednesday, and the local union's website quoted him as saying: «We must focus on the positives and the most important thing is that the Iraq team has arrived in Mexico». He added: «I am proud of the energy the players are exerting, we have a focus on one thing only, which is winning the match». He continued: «I know that the players' journey took three days to travel from Baghdad to Mexico, and until they arrived, we had two good days of recovery and rest». He explained: «Until the match, there are seven days, everything must go smoothly and in a good way». He continued: «The only thing I can control is the team's preparation for the match». Arnold called up 28 players for the «Lions of Mesopotamia» squad, preparing for the decisive match, which Iraq is seeking to resolve to reach the World Cup finals for the second time in its history, after a single participation in the 1986 Mexico World Cup. The 62-year-old coach continued: «We are ready to face the teams of Bolivia or Suriname, and we have strong faith, we must not forget that Iraq's ranking in the world classification is higher than that of Bolivia and Suriname». He added: «The players of the Iraqi national team are at the level of readiness because they all play in the leagues with their teams. I chose a group of 28 players who must compete to prove that they are the most deserving of participation». He concluded by saying: «Iraq's participation in Mexico may be a good luck again after participating in the 1986 Mexico World Cup, and I ask the players to focus on one thing, which is to make 46 million Iraqis happy». The Iraq national football team intends to achieve a victory in the upcoming match, after losing in the previous match. The players are looking forward to making their fans happy, after achieving good results in the previous matches. Coach Arnold hopes that his team will achieve a victory in the match, after achieving good results in the previous matches. This loss is an opportunity for the players to improve their performance, after losing in the previous match. The Iraq national football team is looking forward to achieving a victory in the upcoming match, after achieving good results in the previous matches.